Ceremonial(?) saw-toothed staff of carved wood wit

Made:
1870-1910
Ceremonial(?) saw-toothed staff of carved wood with flintstone

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Ceremonial(?) saw-toothed staff of carved wood with flintstone
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Ceremonial(?) saw-toothed staff of carved wood with flintstone teeth sunk into wooden half, with band of incised decoration, from Australia, 1870-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A161925
Materials:
wood, flint and fibre
type:
saws
credit:
Glendining