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Object Number
32-68-70/D4033
Display Title
Ceremonial board
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, wood, elliptical, grooved designs one side
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Murchison
/
Peak Hill
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 45.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 cm (18 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/4033
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1904)
Seller
Penn Museum
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4035 | Ceremonial stick |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Pender Bay
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4090 | Ceremonial stick |
Carving
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
| 37-32-50/2405 | Ceremonial board - cf. 50/2424- not as good a specimen |
Carving
|
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2404 | Ceremonial board - neither a god nor object of worship, but has special powers. |
Carving
|
Cameroon
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4091 | Ceremonial stick |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Yandilm Station
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4036 | Ceremonial? |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Mid West
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4037 | Ceremonial stick |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Byro Station
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4009 | Sacred board |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Nullagine District
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3969 | Sacred object, churinga |
Carving
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
| 983-30-70/5525 | Ancestral board |
Carving
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 00-8-70/55336 | Large, carved wooden board for printing tapa |
Carving
|
Fiji
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4042.1 | Ceremonial stick |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Peak Hill
|