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Title: pointing stick [Go to resource]
Description: Pointing stick made of bamboo (showing developemental process) and utilising a filed down 6 inch nail to replicate a rifle bullet and rubber pull back mechanism . Used to magically kill enemies by pointing ten times at somone to 'kill' them (although local people recognised this didn't always work). Subjects: Papua New Guinea
Southern Highlands
Pacific
Oceania / MelanesiaSource: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives Identifier: emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.147401 Go to resource More Like this...
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