CPM1938P123F05

Title: Sketch of a message stick from C. Mountford's "Aboriginal message sticks" (1938)

Description: Sketch of message stick on p. 123 of “Aboriginal message sticks” by C. Mountford

Date Created: 1938

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Nullarbor Plain

Sources:

  • Mountford, C. P. 1938. “Aboriginal message sticks from the Nullabor Plains.”
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62 (1):122-126.

    • Collector: Mr. Allen Musgrave

    URL source 1: https://archive.org/stream/TransactionsRoy62Roya#page/123/

    Media Files:

    Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly