Cub- spatulate shaped; fish tailed handle; in middle on both edges 2 carved wing shaped barbs; painted in alternating strips of red, yellow, white; ceremonial club.
Donor:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Tiwi people (N20)
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes and Daniel L. Adler
Collection date:
before 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies