MOV1929_181

Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Vancouver (MOV)

Description: MOV online catalogue: "Cylindrical; straight ends; blackened cross-hatched diamond-shaped design, entire; blackened cross-hatch bands, 1 medial, 2 near one end, color: light brown, black"

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: Northern Territory (?)

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

Dimension 1: 560mm Dimension 2: 15mm

Materials: pigment, wood

Techniques: carved, incised, rubbed

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Vancouver (MOV) object identifier: ACCESSION NUMBER: 1929.181 (?); CATALOGUE NUMBER: E 59

Collector: Donated by: Frank Sr. Burnett

Media copyright: Museum of Vancouver (MOV)

URL institution: https://www.openmovportal.ca/argus/final/Portal/Main.aspx?lang=en-CA

Notes: 13.3.24 NR: the online catalogue holds more information re Frank Sr. Burnett's biography, including the mentioning of the books he wrote during his travels. It states that in 1927 he donated most of his collection to the University of British Columbia, hence most likely this item has been produced prior to that year. It also includes a reference to The Australian Message Stick Database (beta version) as a bibliography item.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman