Pointing Bone

P4730

From: Australia | Central Australia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number P4730
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Australia | Central Australia
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone
Description

Kangaroo fibula. Catalogued as a bone awl or piercer, but pointing bone seems more likely. See Spencer & Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia, p. 457.

Credit Line Exchange with The Australian Museum, 1913
Other Number E21669 - Old Museum Number

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