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Very rare totem stick
Object Number 32-68-70/D4063
Display Title Very rare totem stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff?, carved wood, flat, grooved and white pigment design, split
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Mid West / Wiluna
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 199.6 x 7.8 x 1.4 cm (78 9/16 x 3 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-68-70 / D/4063
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1906)
Seller University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Expedition (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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