Fire stick

Museum number:
11-2113
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110002113
Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Painted fire stick.
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
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 S1976-1977 #61: Citizens Savings (March 25, 1977–April 11, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Fire stick, accession number 11-2113, described as Painted fire stick.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Fire stick, accession number 11-2113, described as Painted fire stick.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Fire stick, accession number 11-2113, described as Painted fire stick.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fire stick, accession number 11-2113, described as Painted fire stick.

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