Five Aborigine sorcery sticks Western Australia wood

Five Aborigine sorcery sticks

Western Australia

wood, with pointed ends, two being flattened and one with remains of gum, the other with very small remains, all pierced at one end and with scorched markings, the one with gum with incised lines,

18cm, 21.2cm, 22.5cm, 24.5cm and 25.5cm long. (5)

Provenance

Purchased from the family of Henry Hubert, a road engineer working in the Kalgoorie and Northern Goldfields area prior to WWI.