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Pointed sticks
Object Number 25-46-70/D2432
Display Title Pointed sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, carved wood sticks, tapered, pointed one end, some bark
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / <City> / Drysdale River
Additional Geographic Terms Drysdale River
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (10 5/8 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Vendor Unknown

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