Ceremonial Stick
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: "MADE FROM A POLE 1.75 IN. IN DIAMETER WITH A LIMB AT RIGHT ANGLES. THE POLE IS CUT OFF JUST ABOVE THE LIMB. THIS LIMB IS 16 IN. LONG AND CUT ROUND AND TO A SHARP POINT. THIS GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF A LONG BEAKED BIRD LIKE THE JABIRU. THESE ARE SOMETIMES CALLED BIRD-HEADED RANGA. THE HEAD IS PAINTED WHITE, BEAK YELLOW WITH RED TIP, AND THE OTHER PART IS RED."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387551-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 113 cm