Ceremonial Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1929
name: label: Donor Name
content: K R. Monroe
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "On Tindale's map this tribe is "Wogait." Entire surface covered with fine light carvings, geometrical figure. This stick is used on ceremonial occasions and is supposed to have the power to control certain spirits. If pointed at an enemy the enemy sickens and dies. Some of these instruments are made of bone but they are kept plain with no markings on them. After they are used, they are planted until wanted again. It is sure death for a woman to see or touch one of these sticks. Different tribes have different markings on their sticks. These sticks are hard to get. They do not like parting with them."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
label: Culture
content: Wogait
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 099981
label: USNM Number
content: E341569-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pointing Stick