Arm Ring - 55-17-67 | Collections

Object Number:	55-17-67
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.