Arm Ring
55-17-69
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-17-69 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tiwi |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Date Made | Before 1954 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pandanus | Wool | Feather |
| 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. |
| Height | 33.5 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
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