Ritual objects

Made:
1871-1920
Ritual objects

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Ritual objects
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Ritual objects, consisting of cigar shaped polished wooden stick with etched snake, called "tjubulin juboulu", given by man to wife when pregnant, from Kakadu tribe, Northen Territory, Australia, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A158559
Materials:
wood
type:
ritual object
credit:
Glendining