MAAC_E1915_20_33

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

Description: Message stick

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Western Australia, Australia. It is also associated with the cultural group of Wajeri.

Cultural region: Wajeri

Dimension 1: 316mm Dimension 2: 20mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology object identifier: E 1915.20.33 (MAA: E 1915.20; E 1915.20; AR 1914.290.33)

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

Coordinates: 26°42'11.199600"S,116°40'14.098800"E  (-26.703111, 116.670583)

Media copyright: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Notes on coordinates: Random coordinates for the Murchison region, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wajeri = Wajarri? Wikipedia: The Wajarri people, also spelt Wadjari, Wadjarri, Watjarri, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are in the Mid West region (also known as Murchison) of Western Australia.

URL institution: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/492342/

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman