BM_Oc1896_1053

Title: A message stick from Western Australia held in the British Museum

Description: Message stick made of wood. (British Museum description) Accompanying sketch: "West Australia. Flat elliptical message stick of pale wood. On both sides are serrated figures of men, snakes, animals &c. These are hatched in, all the lines being black. On one side, near one end, is a figure resembling a spider's web. Swan River District, 25 miles from Perth"

Date Created: 1896

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Swan River District, Perth ('25 miles from Perth'), Western Australia

Dimension 1: 465mm Dimension 2: 67mm Dimension 3: 4mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1896

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1896,-.1053

Collector: Purchased from: Dr Emile Clement

Coordinates: 31°44'21.901200"S,116°04'3.698400"E  (-31.739417, 116.067694)

Media copyright: The British Museum British Museum Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Notes on coordinates: Approximate point of the Swan River, around 40km (25 miles) from Perth, Western Australia, per Google maps

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=506212&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

IRN: EOC9528

Notes: OT: Additional IDs: Oc1896C3.1053-1057 (old CDMS no.) 30.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman