Singing stick

Museum number:
11-2108
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110002108
Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Singing stick totem emblem (ranga); wood; painted designs in yellow, white and ocher.
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Yolngu people (N117.1)
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Percussion sticks
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Singing stick, accession number 11-2108, described as Singing stick totem emblem (ranga); wood; painted designs in yellow, white and ocher.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Singing stick, accession number 11-2108, described as Singing stick totem emblem (ranga); wood; painted designs in yellow, white and ocher.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Singing stick, accession number 11-2108, described as Singing stick totem emblem (ranga); wood; painted designs in yellow, white and ocher.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Singing stick, accession number 11-2108, described as Singing stick totem emblem (ranga); wood; painted designs in yellow, white and ocher.

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