Spirit Bag
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: "COARSE LOOP TECHNIQUE WITH THIN NECK STRING. THIS WAS WORN BY INDIA AS WELL AS THE COCKATOO FEATHER PLUME (#387402) THROUGHOUT THE SEVERAL DAYS OF CEREMONIAL DANCES AT UMBAKUMBA. THIS BAG REPRESENTS THE OLD WAR BAG USED DURING ENCOUNTERS WITH AN ENEMY WHEN IT CONTAINED THE FAT OR PARTS OF THE BODY OF A SLAIN ENEMY, HELD IN THE MOUTH TO FRIGHTEN ADVERSARY. THIS SPECIMEN CONTAINS A LARGE STEEL NEEDLE WRAPPED IN PAPER AND BOUND WITH CORD. THIS NO DOUBT WAS USED IN CURING CEREMONY. IT ALSO CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF CLOTH AND COTTON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, 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: E387403-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.61 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 6.99 cm
label: Length - Neck String
content: 27.3 cm