KSC2021_109_1

Title: A message stick held in the Kerry Stokes Collection

Description: Message Stick, c. 1931, carved, shaped and incised wood, natural earth pigment

Date Created: 1931

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: NT

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Northern Territory, Newcastle Waters

Dimension 1: 220mm Dimension 2: 20mm Dimension 3: 4mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved, shaped and incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 1931

Institution/Holder file: The Kerry Stokes Collection object identifier: 2021.109

Collector: Unknown

Coordinates: 17°22'22.198800"S,133°24'37.598400"E  (-17.372833, 133.410444)

Media copyright: The Kerry Stokes Collection

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, per Google maps.

Notes: 21.8.24 NR: according to the PDF provided by Sarah, under the "attribution" filed the following names are mentioned, but not clear if this refers to the collectors, donors etc. - B. PLATT, Jack SARGENT. One out of two message sticks with the same accession number (2021.109) - it is not clear if the attached image is of this stick or the second one.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: KSC2021_109_2