BM_Oc1982_01_4

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

Description: Wood message stick with incised design of curved lines and circles.

Date Created: 1982

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Western Arrarnte Austlang: C47 - Western Arrarnta Glottolog: west2441

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: NT_CA

Dimension 1: 250mm Dimension 2: 25mm Dimension 3: 25mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1982

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1982,01.4

Collector: Donated by: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Curator's comments: "Register 1982: Wood message stick; hard, dark red, wood. Incised design of curved lines and circles. Circular cross section. Marked 3518/1937 FINCKE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA"

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=488633&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

IRN: EOC27429

Notes: Additional IDs: R.3518/1937 (Wellcome Collection Number) PK: No more images to request from BM. 1.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman