Walking staff, resembling spear and of similar length, without blade or butt spike. Wooden shaft, top half plain, most of bottom half decorated with one set of bands of red-dyed and white tufted hair and black tufted bristles, bound on with fibre. The top end of shaft is rounded, the bottom end with a long point, broken off. A white paper disc stuck on the lower shaft, inscribed `5’.
staff (physical aids)
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