Baton
P1834
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia | Charlotte Waters
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1834 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia | Charlotte Waters |
| Locus | South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | A carved, wooden baton that is thin and comes to a point on both ends with 12 slanted notches along one edge. A piece of wood between two of the notches is missing. “Symbol of chieftainship.” |
| Length | 58.2 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 9 - Other Number |
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