BM_Oc1946_03_1

Title: A message stick held in the British Museum

Description: British Museum catalogue: Message stick made of wood. Light brown with irregular incised design that is carved in lines and dots.

Date Created: 1946

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 associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 341mm Dimension 2: 33mm Dimension 3: 35mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved, incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1946

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1946,03.1

Collector: Donated by: H V V Noone

Media copyright: The British Museum

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=494839&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&page=1

IRN: EOC21006

Notes: 30.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman