BM_Oc1926_1004_17

Title: A message stick held in the British Museum

Description: Message-stick made of wood

Date Created: 1926

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 “Australia”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area. ** Attached images indicates its origin to be "W. Australia"

Dimension 1: 163mm Dimension 2: 18mm Dimension 3: 17mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1926

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1926,1004.17

Collector: Donated by: Empire Press Union Field Collection by: Mrs Daisy May Bates

Media copyright: The British Museum

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=499407&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&page=1

IRN: EOC16392

Notes: 4.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman