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Object Number
25-46-70/D2427
Display Title
Woman's digging stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Digging stick, carved wood, cylindrical, tapered at both ends, worn at one
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
/
<City>
/
Drysdale River
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Drysdale River
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 152.6 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm (60 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-2427; Digging Stick / DRYSDALE RIVER
Provenance
Intermediary
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91-6-70/50609 | Woman's digging stick |
Tools
|
New South Wales
| |
| 64-18-70/4299 | Short woman's digging stick |
Tools
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 64-18-70/4300 | Short woman's digging stick |
Tools
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 64-18-70/4298 | Woman's short digging stick, also defensive weapon |
Agricultural
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 34-24-10/3740 | Digging stick of screwbeam wood |
Tools
|
Parker
| |
| 51-32-70/3495 | Digging Stick |
Tools
|
Northern Territory
| |
| 58-43-50/10280 | Digging stick |
Tools
|
Botswana
Namibia | |
| 2001.29.15551 | Woman digging with her digging stick (out of focus) |
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
| ||
| 2007.18.24 | Digging stick, women's |
Agricultural
|
Botswana
| |
| 2001.29.1749 | Food Gathering, General: Woman digging with her digging stick |
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
| ||
| 35-78-10/5009 | Digging stick of mountain mahogany--called "podo" |
Agricultural
|
Ely
| |
| 20-5-10/A5106.1 | Ends of digging sticks |
Tool
|
Cave 2
|