Headband
55-17-308
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-17-308 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tiwi |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Fishline | Pigment |
| Description | Made of fishline heavily painted with broad white stripes alternating with narrow red and yellow bands criss-crossed with red, yellow, and black diagonal lines. Used in Pukamani ceremonies. |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
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