Ceremonial Ring

55-17-113

From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 55-17-113
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tiwi
Provenience Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Pandanus | Pigment | Cord
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. Similar to -112. Red paint with yellow stripes; oval shape; pendants hang from 3 sides; 2 strings on one side and one on opposite side end in feathers. String hanging from pointed side (center) ends in 6 little pandanus finger-bands.

Outside Diameter 20 cm
Credit Line National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955

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