Aboriginal Paintings
22 - Necklaces
Necklaces made from Ininti beads (bat’s wing coral tree, grey corkwood) and/or gum (eucalypt) nuts, hand-painted or branded with hot instrument. Holes are made in them by using a hot wire, which is sometimes used to decorate the gum nuts. The Ininti beads are not decorated. Originally, beads and nuts would be threaded, by women, onto thread made of human hair but today this has mostly been replaced by wool, as in these items here. From Australia’s Northern Territory.
22 - Necklaces
Necklaces made from Ininti beads (bat’s wing coral tree, grey corkwood) and/or gum (eucalypt) nuts, hand-painted or branded with hot instrument. Holes are made in them by using a hot wire, which is sometimes used to decorate the gum nuts. The Ininti beads are not decorated. Originally, beads and nuts would be threaded, by women, onto thread made of human hair but today this has mostly been replaced by wool, as in these items here. From Australia’s Northern Territory.