Ceremonial Pole
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: "ONE OF THREE USED IN THE GUNBIBI OR WAWALIK CEREMONIAL DANCE. TWO MAIN PANELS OF CROSS-HATCHING, WHITE AND YELLOW ON RED. NEAR THE TOP IS A COLLAR OF STRINGY-BARK HELD BY CORD OVER THE UNFINISHED PORTION. ABOVE THIS COLLAR THE POLE IS PAINTED WITH VERTICAL PANELS OF DOTS AND CROSS-HATCHING. THE COLLAR IS 4.5 IN. WIDE. THE POLE ABOVE COLLAR 3.5 IN.."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yirrkala, 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: E387505-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Pole
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 99.69 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6.99 cm
label: Width - Collar
content: 11.4 cm
label: Width - Pole Above Collar
content: 8.9 cm