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Musical stick (medimba) to rub up and down the carved face of throwing sticks.
Musical stick (medimba) to rub up and down the carved face of throwing sticks.
Object Number 23-46-70/D1731.2
Display Title Musical stick (medimba) to rub up and down the carved face of throwing sticks.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term medimba
Object Description Musical stick (medimba) to rub up and down the carved face of throwing sticks. Used with D1714-15 to accompany corroberie songs with the clicking of the boomerangs.
Inventory Description Drum stick, wood stick, forked at one end, stripped of bark
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 × 4 × 0.6 cm (8 7/16 × 1 9/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1731.2
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller Unknown (2/26/1923)

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Musical stick (medimba) to rub up and down the carved face of throwing sticks.
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