MM0_5285_1

Title: A message stick held in the Manchester Museum

Description: Wooden message stick. Round stick pointed at each end and decorated with fine lines with short scratches at right angles to them. There are also several small holes made by burning.

Date Created: 1938

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: Western Australia

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Australia, West Australia. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 31/05/1938

Institution/Holder file: The Manchester Museum object identifier: 0.5285/1

Collector: Jones, Prof Frederic Wood F.R.S.

Media copyright: The Manchester Museum

Notes: 30.5.24 NR: information was collected from three very mixed up documents, provided by the Manchester Museum while their online search tool is offline.

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman