Death-pointer consisting of wooden stick

Made:
1870-1920 in Kimberley
Death-pointer consisting of wooden stick

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Death-pointer consisting of wooden stick
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Death-pointer consisting of wooden stick, smoothed and pointed both ends, used by Wurara tribe, of North Western Australia, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A79433
Materials:
wood
type:
pointing sticks
credit:
Elkin, A.P.