AMus_E029693

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: AM largecard: "Rhomboid wooden piece; incised cross-diamond design" AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: " E029693 14 Nov 1925 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Kimberley [reference Register] Purchase Connelly, Mr John Francis"

Date Created: 1925

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Kimberley, Western Australia

Dimension 1: 380mm Dimension 2: 40mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Registration date 14/11/1925

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E029693

Collector: Purchased by Mr John Francis Connelly

Coordinates: 16°S,126°E  (-16.0, 126.0)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Approximate coordinates for Kimberley District, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=615&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Notes: REGISTER

Date: Nov 11, 1925

Name or Description: Passport, message stick, flat form

Locality: Kimberley

How Acquired: Purch. J. F. Connelly

References to Papers: [None]

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Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman