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- unknown Australian Aboriginal maker
- mudrkie (bone pointer), late 1800s–1944
- Where object was made: SOUTHCENTRAL Australia, Australia
- bone, gum resin, human hair
- Object Length/Width: 23.5 x 2 cm
Object Length/Width: 9 1/4 x 3/4 in - Gift of Karl F. Baldwin
- Not on display
- 2007.3732
- unknown Australian Aboriginal maker
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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The nearly straight bone is pointed at one end. The other end has a mass of black resin. A cord of dark brown twisted human hair covers 2/3 of the shaft, leaving the pointed end bare.