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Ritual Funerary Stick

MOA: University of British Columbia

3104/2

Ritual funerary stick. A bundle of plant fibres are densely wrapped by twisted fibres, pigmented in alternating bands of colour in rust brown, white and dark yellow. Small orange, grey and striped white and grey feathers and down are attached along the length of the stick. The body widens slightly downwards, flaring at the end into a wider portion for several centimetres before narrowing sharply to a blunt point.

  • Type of Item stick
  • Culture Tiwi
  • Material plant fibre, feather, ochre pigment
  • Measurements height 92.8 cm, width 7.8 cm, depth 7.8 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Carole McKnight
  • Received from Carole McKnight
  • Made in Tiwi Islands
  • Creation Date before 1973
  • Collection Date during 1972
  • Ownership Date before April 9, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on April 9, 2015
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3104/0002

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