"Magic Bone"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1957
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Sims
label: Donor Name
content: George W. Sims
notes: label: Notes
content: HUMAN TIBIA WITH PROXIMAL ARTICULATION INTACT BUT THE SHAFT CUT INTO A LONG POINT. SMALL REMAINS OF CENTRAL CANAL PLUGGED WITH LEAD. SAID TO BE A "POINTING BONE" USED IN SYMPATHETIC MAGIC TO CAUSE DEATH. OBTAINED IN NORTH AUSTRALIA, 1957.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arnhem Land (not certain), Northern Territory, Australia
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: 351570
label: USNM Number
content: E422368-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pointing Bone
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm