Ceremonial Ring

55-17-112

From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 55-17-112
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tiwi
Provenience Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Pandanus | Wax | Pigment
Description

Double pandanus wrapped ring covered with wax and paint with traces of red stripes; 4 strings with cottonwood cotton and one string with feathers hang spaced from three sides of the ring. See notes on 55-17-109.

Outside Diameter 18 cm
Credit Line National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955

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