AGWA1988_0491

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