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Object Number 30-54-70/D3417
Display Title Cloud totem
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bundle, forked wood covered with wound string, painted band and cross design
Classification
  • Bundle
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 6 x 4.3 cm (16 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3417
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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