Arm Ring
Object Number: | 55-17-67 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Tiwi |
Provenience: | Australia Northern Australia Melville Island |
Date Made: | Before 1954 |
Early Date: | 1944 |
Late Date: | 1954 |
Section: | Oceanian |
Materials: | Pandanus Feather |
Height: | 29.5 cm |
Width: | 10.5 cm |
Outside Diameter: | 10 cm |
Credit Line: | National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
Description
Rigid pandanus ring, with pendant feathers and cottonwood wool. Ring colored dark with gum or pigment. Feathers cut, with straight edges. One of a set of arm rings worn at elbows as part of funeral costume.
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