Title: Ironwood Message Stick made by Bob APUATIMI
Description: AGWA description: "This type of message stick was used long before modern communication to convey news and messages. The panels acted as reminders to the message bearer. Declan Apuatimi painted in the traditional style."
Creator of Object: Bob APUATIMI (Australian)
Date Created: 1967
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: replicative
Dimension 1: 193mm Dimension 2: 16mm
Materials: ochres on ironwood
Institution/Holder file: The Art Gallery of Western Australia object identifier: 1988/0473
Media copyright: The Art Gallery of Western Australia Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988, The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
URL institution: https://collection.artgallery.wa.gov.au/objects/9922/ironwood-message-stick
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman