MAAC_E1915_20_27

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

Description: Cigar shaped message stick, with rounded ends. Decorated with various geometrical and chevron type designs, which have been etched or scratched on.

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

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

Dimension 1: 176mm Dimension 2: 17mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology object identifier: E 1915.20.27 (MAA: E 1915.20; E 1915.20; AR 1914.290.27)

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

Coordinates: 25°35'29.799600"S,119°13'50.199600"E  (-25.591611, 119.230611)

Media copyright: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Notes on coordinates: General vicinity of Upper Murchison River

URL institution: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/492336/

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman