Ritual knife

Museum number:
11-2075
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritual
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Northeast Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritualHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritualHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritualHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritualHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritualHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritual
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ritual knife, accession number 11-2075, described as Wooden knife, not spear: image of Macassan knife, used in ritual

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