Gold hat pin with quandong and silver emu
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- Type
- Hatpins, Stickpins
- Date
- 1860 - 1890
- Place
- Australia
- Materials
- Gold, Metal - non specific, Plant material - non specific, Silver
- Collection
- Trevor Kennedy collection
- Accession number
- 2020.0002.0100
Description
A hat pin comprised of a quandong mounted on gold coloured leaved with a silver emu on top. The pin features twists around the middle and is capped with a gold coloured acorn.
This pin was made with quandong, a fruit native to arid parts of the Australian mainland, where it was a traditional food and medicine. The curiously pitted stone of the fruit was made into jewellery as part of the nineteenth century fashion for using local, natural materials.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:20:32 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-11-18. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.