Arm ornament

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Item X 86580 Ornament, arm, punth kuuy, Aurukun, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia, Circa 1980

Summary

This type of armband was customarily given to a man by a woman.

Physical Description

A band overwound with vegetable fibre feathered string and joined with resin to form a circle.

Local Name

punth kuuy

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Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands
Maker

Unknown
Date Produced

Circa 1980
Locality

Aurukun, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia
Object/Medium

Ornament, arm
Category

Indigenous Collections
Discipline

Anthropology
Type of item

Object
Object Measurements

100 mm (Length), 95 mm (Width), 25 mm (Height)
Keywords

Body Decoration

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Item X 86580 Ornament, arm, punth kuuy, Aurukun, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia, Circa 1980

Summary

Physical Description

Local Name

More Information

Collecting Areas

Maker

Date Produced

Locality

Object/Medium

Category

Discipline

Type of item

Object Measurements

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