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Object Number
32-68-70/D4034
Display Title
Sacred stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament?, wood, flat, incised designs, two perforatios, fiber cord and string
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Goldsfields-Esperance
/
Kanowa
Additional Geographic Terms
via Kalgoorlie
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 50.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 cm (19 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/4034
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1909)
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/D4010 | Sacred board |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Nullagine District
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4053 | Wooden sacred object |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Western Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4035 | Ceremonial stick |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Pender Bay
| |
| 33-32-70/98 | Wooden sticks for dancing |
Ornament
|
Nauru Island
| |
|
| 33-32-70/98.1 | Wooden sticks for dancing |
Ornament
|
Nauru Island
| |
| 973-3-60/15868.22 | Ornament?, flat pointed stick, painted designs of two spotted birds |
Ornament
|
Asia?
| |
| 30-54-70/D3494 | Memorial post |
Ornament
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 82-45-10/27490 | Sticks used as rest for sacred pipe during the Sun Dance |
Pipe
|
Nebraska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4009 | Sacred board |
Shaft, modified
Carving |
Nullagine District
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.2 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
| |
| 33-32-70/124 | Sticks with feathers for dancing |
Ornament
|
Oceania
| |
| 2003.1.1460 | Ornament, buff feathers bound to stick with vegetable fiber string |
Ornament
|