Arm Ring
55-17-50
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-17-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tiwi |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pandanus | Wool | Feather |
| Description | Double ring of pandanus fibres. Typically with feathers attached with string and beeswax and often painted. Pandamus and wool ring smeered with red ochre. Wool and threads attaching goose feathers. Native name. Pamagini. Worn on elbow as part of funeral (pukamani) costume. These come in sets. |
| Outside Diameter | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
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