Accession No
E 1906.239 A-E
Description
stick; game piece - Five weet weets or kangaroo [?] --- [unclear word] bubrush-shaped sticks used in native game
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Central Australia: Oceania; South and Central Australia
Period
Source
Marten, Robert Humphrey (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1906.239 A-E
Cultural Affliation
Arunta tribe
Material
Wood
Local Term
weet weets
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Five weet weets or kangaroo [?] --- [unclear word] bubrush-shaped sticks used in native game
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) R.H.Marten M.D.
Transcribed from Accession Register because record found to be missing from database.
(Bib) Added to register ' South and Central Australia, see [?] Basedow [unclear word] 1928, pp. 82, 83'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
David Kaus,National Museum of Australia, notes that the above reference is to Dr. Herbert Basedow's first publication, The Australian Aboriginal, (FW Preece and Sons, Adelaide), published in 1925 and also 1929. See pages 82-3 , which refer to the objects from this record.
Event Date 4/2/2010
Author: Rachel Hand
FM:145877
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