Sticks Used by Children
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 2015
label: Collection Date
content: 1951 to 1952
name: label: Collector
content: Betty Messenger
label: Collector
content: John Messenger
label: Donor Name
content: Betty Messenger
notes: label: Notes
content: 19 long, pointed sticks, tied together in a bundle. The donor says that these sticks are associated with Atat, a children's society in Anang Ibibio villages. Children in the society are likened to hornets, and they carry the sticks to symbolize hornets' stingers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Anang Ibibio
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071478
label: USNM Number
content: E433758-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: avg 17 cm
label: Circumference
content: avg 0.75 cm