MAA_Z27640_A

Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (UK)

Description: One of three message sticks. A: with burnt design According to MAA records: "Three message sticks. A: with burnt design and B & C: with incised designs"

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Western Australia, Australia”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 70mm Dimension 2: 5mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology object identifier: Z 27640 A (MAA: Z 27640; Z 27640 C; Z 27640 A-C)

Collector: Unknown

Media copyright: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

URL institution: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/492797/

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: MAA_Z27640_B, MAA_Z27640_C