MusV_X_000836

Title: A message stick from Shark Bay in Museums Victoria

Description: Merge? see: https://archive.org/details/aboriginesofvict01smyt/page/354/mode/2up?view=theater and read notes below

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Shark Bay

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 836

Coordinates: 25°53'10.100400"S,113°54'26.701200"E  (-25.886139, 113.907417)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Shark Bay, per Google maps

Notes: MusV data: X 000836, Message stick, Shark Bay, Northwest (Western Australia), Western Australia, Australia, Registered [X 836] Source Unrecorded (Unknown Acquisition Method) Shark Bay Western Australia Original register: "836. Message Stick (Sharks Bay, West Australia. See Fig 178 Vol 1 p355 Brough Smyth 1 3/8" [or 7 3/8"] Of yellow wood, covered mostly with incised bands."

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman