Totem emblem

Museum number:
11-2111
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Object count:
1
Description:
Small girl totem emblem (ranga); wood; center part wrapped with string; some green and red feathers; sharp ends. May represent the younger Wawalak sister as a "small girl" cf. ours
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
Loans:
S1966-1967 #23: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 3, 1966–November 3, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Totem emblem, accession number 11-2111, described as Small girl totem emblem (ranga); wood; center part wrapped with string; some green and red feathers; sharp ends. May represent the younger Wawalak sister as a "small girl" cf. ours 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 11-2111, described as Small girl totem emblem (ranga); wood; center part wrapped with string; some green and red feathers; sharp ends. May represent the younger Wawalak sister as a "small girl" cf. ours Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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