BM_Oc1929_0112_11

Title: A message stick from Northern Territory held in the British Museum

Description: Letter-stick, message-stick made of wood.

Message: 1929 Register comment: There is no definite message but an implied want of 'tucker and tobacco'. Common to all tribes.

Date Created: 1929

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Northern Territory (Australia)”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Cultural region: unlocalisable

Dimension 1: 44mm Dimension 2: 12mm Dimension 3: 3mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1929,0112.11

Collector: Purchased from: Mrs Jessie Sinclair Litchfield Acquisition date: 1929 Curator's comments: "1929 Register comment: There is no definite message but an implied want of 'tucker and tobacco' . Common to all tribes."

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=498737&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&sortBy=fromDateDesc&page=1

IRN: EOC17065

Notes: This is the shortest object in the AMSD 30.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman