AMus_E035388_001

Title: A message stick from Milingimbi on display at the Australian Museum

Description: Rectangular wooden object; section bi-convex; decorated with two linear incisions either end. Also has incised indentations on either side; coloured with red, white & yellow ochre [ref LC];

Date Created: 1932

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Arnhem, Milingimbi, Crocodile Island, Northern Territory, Australia. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Arnhem; Crocodile Island [ref reg]"

Dimension 1: 205mm Dimension 2: 35mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: unknown Accession date: 19 September 1932

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E035388-001

Collector: Donated: Lambert, Miss O

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes: PK: This object does not seem to turn up in the online catalogue. I only noticed it because I saw it on display

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman