MusV_X_098760

Title: A message stick from Central Australia in Museums Victoria

Description: MV object description, PDF: "Short cylindrical stick truncated at both ends. Surfaces have been decorated with a deeply incised pattern consisting of a curvilinear pattern."

Date Created: 1982

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (secondary notes re date of acquisition as 7/6/82)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Cultural region: Central Australia

Dimension 1: 120mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved, incised

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 98760

Collector: Donated by Mr Robert Edwards, Christensen Fund Collection. MV register: "Acquired from James R Lawson Pty Ltd, Inv No. 03088, 7/6/82 (Lot 153), Zorich Ref 11407/68

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes: MusV PDF: 1995-07-03 (registered in coll) MusV data: "X 098760, Message stick, Central Australia, Australia, Registered The Christensen Fund (Donation) The Christensen Fund Collection "

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski