Title: A message stick held in the Field Museum Chicago
Description: FM online catalogue: Message stick 34" long 1 7/8" wide of hard wood. One side rounded which is plain. Flat side with carvings
Date Created: 1905
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 “Australia”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.
Dimension 1: 863.6mm Dimension 2: 47.5mm
Materials: wood
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1905
Institution/Holder file: Field Museum object identifier: 89610 Catalog Number: 89610.nosub[1] Accession Number: [963] W. D. Webster (Purchase)
Collector: W. D. Webster
Media copyright: Field Museum
URL institution: https://collections-anthropology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/1321169
Media Files:
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman