Title: Message Stick by Ivan NAMIRRKI
Description: AGWA description: "This is sent by a messenger who, because he is the bearer of news, is protected from ambush or attack. The continuous set of cuts on one side represents the number of people who will be sent to the ceremony. The few cuts on the other side represent the number of days and the track to be followed. The interpretation by Namirrki - 1) about a ceremony 2) we will send many men, 3) what about you? cuts: many - number of people: few-track, number of days."
Message: «come to the ceremony with the appropriate people in [number] of days» Graphic channel: the prescribed route to the ceremonial ground
Creator of Object: Ivan NAMIRRKI (Australian, b.1960)
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: replicative
Semantic domains: sd_ceremony
Dimension 1: 210mm Dimension 2: 20mm
Materials: ochres on wood
Institution/Holder file: The Art Gallery of Western Australia object identifier: 1988/0491
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/10724/message-stick
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman