BM_Oc1903_1215_19

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

Description: Message stick of pale hardish wood, pointed either end, decorated with irregular patterns of short burnt lines, diagonal and transverse.

Date Created: 1903

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 given simply as “Western Australia”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 262mm Dimension 2: 16mm Dimension 3: 13mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: pyro-engraved

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1903

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1903,1215.19

Collector: Donated by: Sir William Ingram

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

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3066190&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&sortBy=fromDateDesc&page=1

IRN: EOC90189

Notes: PK: No more images to request from BM 30.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman