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Object Number
32-68-70/D4040
Display Title
Ceremonial stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved wood, cylindrical with tapered ends, incised design
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Goldsfields-Esperance
/
Yundamindera
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 31.7 x 2.5 x 2.6 cm (12 1/2 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D4040
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1898)
Seller
Penn Museum
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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