Totem emblem

Museum number:
11-2104
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Fish totem emblem (ranga); forked tree branch and paper bark core; string wrapped; painted designs on string.
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Northeast Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Yolngu people (N117.1)
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1966-1967 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (January 5, 1967–January 20, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Totem emblem, accession number 11-2104, described as Fish totem emblem (ranga); forked tree branch and paper bark core; string wrapped; painted designs on string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem emblem, accession number 11-2104, described as Fish totem emblem (ranga); forked tree branch and paper bark core; string wrapped; painted designs on string.

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