Palaver-Stick (?)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1889
label: Collection Date
content: 1846
name: label: Collector
content: Capt Joseph G. Bruff
label: Collector
content: Captain Alexander V. Fraser
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph G. Bruff
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Wood. "Presented by Capt. Alexander V. Fraser, U.S.R.M. [U.S. Revenue Marine, i.e. U.S. Revenue Cutter Service] 1846. Used by the wild Africans as an aid to the memory in an negotiation of importance; in the same way that our aboriginese made use of the String of Wampum. -- Certain points and subjects to be discussed being referred to the conventional markings categorically arranged upon them.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022308
label: USNM Number
content: E130825-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Staff