Neckpiece
55-17-26
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-17-26 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tiwi |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Feather | Wax | Hair |
| Description | Balls made of goose feathers stuck together with beeswax and a metal cap is suspended on a 4-straid twisted human hair rope. Native name: Tokwinga. Worn around neck and/or wrists during funeral (pukamani) and in (kulama) ceremonies; is sometimes placed in mouth during dances. Like 55-17-24 and 25 but suspended on fish line; brown |
| Length | 76 cm |
| Credit Line | National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
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