MM0_5285_2

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.

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: 0.5285/2

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