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Title: A message stick held in the Kerry Stokes Collection

Description: Cylindrical Message Stick, c. 1930, carved, shaped and incised wood

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 Melville Island

Dimension 1: 105mm Dimension 2: 13mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved, shaped and incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 1931

Institution/Holder file: The Kerry Stokes Collection object identifier: 2021.110

Collector: Unknown

Coordinates: 11°40'43.798800"S,130°50'7.299600"E  (-11.678833, 130.835361)

Media copyright: The Kerry Stokes Collection

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Melville Island, 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, J. R.B. O'SULLIVAN.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman