Temporary Register,1861-1921; no individual description. Slip 98,6-30.1 has drawing but no written description. See correspondence in Collection File: Af1898,0630. ~Note from EPS Roupell (3 June 1898): "King's staff. This was used by the king who touched or struck with it the man or animal to be sacrified at the Bead Sacrifice in March & probably at the Great Sacrifice of 12 men animals etc. on the anniversary of his father's death this was held in Janaury. The stick when found was so encrusted with blood that it was not recognised as ivory."~Read & Dalton 1899: Ivory staff made from two tusks riveted together. It is carved to imitate the joints of a bamboo. The top is hollow, in two stages, with vertical slots, through which loose rods to form a rattle are visible. The outside is carved to represent plaiting, and on the top is a conventional elephant. (Cf. Figs. 1, 8, on the details image for Af12241-3). This staff was used by Overami, the late king, to indicate the person or animal to be sacrificed.