Ceremonial Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PROBABLY USED IN MURIAN CEREMONY. FORKED-SHAPED STICKS CARVED AND PAINTED WITH CROSS-HATCHED DESIGNS. THE SMALLER ONE [E387610-1] HAS HUMAN HAIR CORDAGE ATTACHED WITH FEATHER AND ONE BIRD BEAK ON CORDS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387610-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 74.9 cm