MusV_X_085110

Title: A message stick from Central Australia in Museums Victoria

Description: MV object description: "Wood. Rectangular with rounded ends. Two grooved bands carved around stick at each end. Vegetable fibre thin twisted string wound around middle of stick. Wood and string ochred brown, red, white and black. (Register)"

Date Created: 1981

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (registerd June 1981)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Dimension 1: 200mm Dimension 2: 50mm Dimension 3: 25mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 1981 (registered June 1981)

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 85110

Collector: Donated by William J Rankin. Part of Sidney Stephens collection.

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes: MusV data: "X 085110, Message stick, Central Australia, Australia, Registered [X 85110] Rankin, William J (Donation) Sidney Stephens Collection "

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski