Necklace

Necklace of spun possum hair with red pigment: Australasia, Australia, Northern Territory, Ntaria (Hermannsburg District), Australian Aboriginal, 19th or 20th century

Yarn sample

Dyed yarn, fourteen samples of various colours, framed, probably 20th century

Submarine telegraph cable, transatlantic

Transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, length of metal, gutta percha and yarn, recovered by cable ship John W. Mackay in 1952 while repairing a modern cable in the mid Atlantic, 1880 - 1910