Charm
P1840
From: Australia | South Australia | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1840 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Central Australia |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | An oval shaped piece of wood with yellow, white, and black/gray pigment. There is a black “X” across the middle of the wood with white dots on the space around the “X”. “When the men go away to fight, it is planted in a bush, which is then taboo on the warriors return, the old men claim that it has the power of telling them all that happened in the camp during their absence.” (Collector’s Object List) |
| Length | 9 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 41 - Other Number |
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