Wooden stick for digging up yams. It comprises a very long, cylindrical piece of wood, sliced diagonally at the tip to create a wedge-like point. [JC [OPS Move] 30/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stick for digging up yams. It comprises a very long, cylindrical piece of wood, sliced diagonally at the tip to create a wedge-like point. [JC [OPS Move] 30/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Nicobar Islands
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: Before 1886
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 40 mm, Length: max 1753 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.11.61 Other numbers: 109
Research and responses: On the donor card it says 'The Nicobar collections came in two ways 1. via the University Museum transfer in 1886 and via General Pitt Rivers own collections ... Donations volume 1 pages 12 - 15 which lists those objects given by Man to the University Museum and then transferred to PRM in 1886; with retrospective numbers', all objects need to be carefully matched against entries and where uncertain both Objects PRM and the PR catalogue entries examined to ensure the right entry has been chosen [AP 2/9/99]