Pointing bone

Museum number:

11-3295

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Accession number:

Acc.960

Description:

Pointing bone, with string of human hair.

Donor:

University of Melbourne

Collection place:

Northern Territory, Australia

Culture or time period:

Arrernte / Aranda people (C8)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Projectile points

Function:

5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)

Accession date:

1949

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1961-1962 #53: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 15, 1961–March 15, 1962), S1961-1962 #54: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 20, 1962–March 21, 1962), S1962-1963 #50: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 27, 1963–March 27, 1963), S1963-1964 #79: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (April 15, 1964–April 15, 1964), and S1965-1966 #66: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (February 25, 1966–February 25, 1966)

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