- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Arm ornament made of plaited cane and grass. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 24/11/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Territory Tiwi Islands; Melville Island
- Cultural groups
- Tiwi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1917
- Date collected
- By 1917
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1917
- Materials and processes
- Material Cane Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Length: max 66 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1917.6.24 Other numbers: [39]
Search terms: Ornament, Basketry, Arm Ornament
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