Totem emblem

Museum number:
11-2107
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Bird totem emblem (ranga); core of tee-tree bark wrapped with paper bark; outer string wrapping with painted designs; forked paperbark tail. Has a bag of fragments with object.
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
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Totem emblem, accession number 11-2107, described as Bird totem emblem (ranga); core of tee-tree bark wrapped with paper bark; outer string wrapping with painted designs; forked paperbark tail. Has a bag of fragments with object. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Totem emblem, accession number 11-2107, described as Bird totem emblem (ranga); core of tee-tree bark wrapped with paper bark; outer string wrapping with painted designs; forked paperbark tail. Has a bag of fragments with object. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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