FMNH 132068.nosub[1]

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | 37-1 | Country Australia | Locality Tennants Creek Northern Terr. | People Warramunga Stock | Name Pointing stick. Flattish piece of wood, pointed at one end and having a [illegible word crossed out] lump of resin at the other. Supposed to have great magic power. | Collection W. Baldwin Spencer U of Melbourne (Exchange) | Notes | Width | Length 32 cm | Height | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 132068 | 246 | Acc. 1133
Catalog Number: 132068.nosub[1]
Description: pointer
Materials: wood, resin
Cultural Attribution: Warumungu, Aboriginal Australian
Accession Number: [1133] University of Melbourne, Australia (Exchange)
Accession Year: 1911
Other Numbers: 246
City/Town: Tennants Creek
Collector/Source: University of Melbourne, Australia, W. B. Spencer
EMu IRN: 1033712
GUID: 90ec1e9e-f156-4184-ac88-3efe5574df17

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