Amulet. Object made up of a stick, with a little bark bag and some strips of barkcloth tied to its length. Used to produce paralysis. [AF [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet. Object made up of a stick, with a little bark bag and some strips of barkcloth tied to its length. Used to produce paralysis. [AF [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Person: Field collector James Edward Newell; Field collector London Missionary Society; PRM source James Edward Newell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1888
Date collected: By 1888
Acquisition information: Donated: 1888
Materials and processes: Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Wood Plant, Process Beaten, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 185 mm, Depth: max 38 mm, Length: max 642 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1888.5.4 Other numbers: 3, 3a
Research and responses: Diospyros samoensis -- Samoan name: 'au'auli. [EB 6/3/2002]

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