(Ranga) Or Totemic-Emblem
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: "CARVED OBLONG PIECE OF WOOD, ROUND AT ONE END WITH ONE DRILLED HOLE, SQUARE AT OTHER END WITH TWO DRILLED HOLES. TIED TO THE ROUND END IS A TWISTED BUNDLE OF FIBRE CORDS WITH BIRD DOWN INTERTWINED. THIS IS WORN AROUND NECK OR ARM. SUSPENDED ON THE BOTTOM OR FLAT END IS A BAND OF PARROT FEATHER CORDAGE. THE WOOD IS PAINTED WITH CROSS-HATCHED WHITE LINES ON RED OCHER AND A ZIGZAG BAND OF YELLOW WITH WHITE DOTS. OVERALL L. 26 IN.; L. OF WOOD 10.25 IN.; W. 2.38 IN.. LOANED TO RENWICK 11/12/81 (FOR CELEBRATIONS EXHIBIT), RETURNED 1983. (CAPTION FROM CELEBRATIONS CATALOG:) 'TOTEMIC EMBLEM (RANGA), BEFORE 1940, PROBABLY YANDJINUNG PEOPLE; MILINGIMBI MISSION STATION, ARNHEMLAND, AUSTRALIA; WOOD, PIGMENT, HUMAN HAIR, BIRD DOWN, 1 X 26 X 2.75 (2.5 X 66 X 6.9).' FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SEE REMARKS FOR 387548.
label: Notes
content: Possible human hair under feather wrapping.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, 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: E387547-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Totemic Emblem
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.99 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3 cm