CIM_IPSMG_R_1936_244_31

Title: A message stick held in the Colchester + Ipswich Museums (Ipswich Collections)

Description: CIM online catalogue: "Message stick made of carved and polished bone. Decorated with lozenges and zigzag lines infilled with punctured dots. Marked in black ink: 'R.1936.244.31'."

Notes on date created: CIM online catalogue: "19th Century"

Item type: message stick in a collection

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

Materials: bone (according to icm online catalogue)

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Colchester + Ipswich Museums (Ipswich Collections) object identifier: IPSMG:R.1936.244.31

Media copyright: Colchester + Ipswich Museums (Ipswich Collections)

URL institution: https://cim-web.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details/collect/231681

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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman