AMus_E079243

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Date Created: 1984

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 Rottnest Island, Perth, Western Australia

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E079243

Coordinates: 32°12.499200"S,115°30'56.001600"E  (-32.003472, 115.515556)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Rottnest Island, Western Australia

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=4573&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Notes: REGISTER

Date: 30 May, 1984

Item: MESSAGE STICK

Pl. of Acquis.: [None]

Pl. of Fabric.: ROTTNEST I., WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Don.: MRS. E. D. GRAY & MISS K. E. HARBUTT

History: DONATED TO A. M. AUGUST 1924; FOUND UNREGISTERED IN COLLECTION OCTOBER 1979

Description: WOODEN MESSAGE STICK; FINE INCISED DESIGN; ELLIPTICAL; CROSS SECTION OVAL

Dimensions: 30cm

Condition: COMPLETE

Disposal:

Remarks: WRITTEN ON LABEL ON SPECIMENS IN W. W. THORPE'S HANDWRITING: 'MODERN "MESSAGE STICK", MADE ON ROTTNEST ISLD. W. A. PRESENTED, MRS E. D. GRAY & MISS K. E. HARBUTT —AUG. 1924'. E792413-3 FOUND BUNDLED TOGETHER WITH THE ONE LABEL. NAME INDEX: GRAY, MRS E. D; HARBUTT, MISS K. E. [signature] 30/5/1984

OTHER NOTES

21.02.2025 PK: Note that the display plaque contradicts the internal museum record, however this should be checked

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman