Messenger stick, before 1931 ·  Australia, Northern Territory · ID: 3043147

Description

wood, light brown patina, delicate round staff carved with signs and symbols (by incised lines lengthwise subdivided in two halves, each with triangular patterns that are tooth-like meshed), traces of old age.
According to enclosed file card: “Rain stick (“him singer rain”) bought from Frankie, a fullblooded aboriginal, at Birdum, Northern Territory, Australia, Jan 1931”.

The object Messenger stick, before 1931 with the object ID 3043147 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 44.

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