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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