Pointing Stick, Gualluma Tribe, Australian, 1870-1920

Made:: 1870-1920 in Australia

Short stick, with point and notched sides
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Short stick, with point and notched sides, used by Gualluma tribe of Central Australia, 1870-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A1125

Materials:: wood

Measurements:: length 96 mm
maximum: width 8 mm

type:: pointing sticks

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Pointing Stick, Gualluma Tribe, Australian, 1870-1920

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