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Description: | Pointing stick made of bamboo with human bone and tooth and nylon binding. Used to magically kill enemies by pointing ten times at somone to 'kill' them (although local people recognised this didn't always work). This item was confiscated by the donor, as a magistrate had ordered it to be destryoed by order of the court, as it had been used by a man who was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment. | Subjects: | Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands Pacific Oceania / Melanesia | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.147400 | Go to resource |
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