MAAC_E1915_20_24

Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

Description: Message stick with incised designs

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Fortescue River, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia.

Dimension 1: 235mm Dimension 2: 21mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology object identifier: E 1915.20.24

Collector: Brown, Alfred Reginald (later Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (Prof.)) [collector and donor]

Coordinates: 23°17'21.998400"S,119°52'28.999200"E  (-23.289444, 119.874722)

Media copyright: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Notes on coordinates: Random coordinates along the Fortescue River, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Fortescue River is an ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the third longest river in the state.

URL institution: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/492333/

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman