Accession No
2004.8
Description
Digging Stick - Long, heavy stick carved from dark brown wood. The ends have carved designs - at one end there is some simple cross-hatching and wavy lines. At the other end is a series of parallel lines carved lengthwise along the object.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Northern Australia
Period
Source
Bateman, Frederick John Afford [collector]; Bateman, Richard [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2004.8
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
waddy
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Long, heavy stick carved from dark brown wood. The ends have carved designs - at one end there is some simple cross-hatching and wavy lines. At the other end is a series of parallel lines carved lengthwise along the object.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) (Collector) Fredrick John Afford Bateman was a doctor in Alice Springs periodically between 1955 -1959, where he worked both in the hospital there and as a flying medic. This object is one of two digging sticks given to the museum. Richard Bateman, the collector’s son, bequested the second stick to the CUMAA Handling Collection.
Event Date
Author: maa
FM:265312
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