Title: A commissioned Yorta Yorta message stick in Museums Victoria
Description: MV object description, PDF: "Flat, rectangular section of Red Gum wood, with both ends notched. Side 1: Carved - stippled background with sinuous line pattern carved at centre. Side 2: Carved - geometric chevron pattern edged at both ends with stippled effect as background, single gumleaf carved at centre." X 105236, Message stick, Yorta Yorta, Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, Jul 2013, Registered [DDX 6518] Patten, Mr John - Museum Victoria:Artist (Commission, 21 Aug 2013) Yorta Yorta Bundjalung Sunbury Victoria
Creator of Object: John Patten
Date Created: 2013
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (registered 21 August 2013)
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: replicative_artistic
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Sunbury
Dimension 1: 224mm Dimension 2: 45mm Dimension 3: 6mm
Materials: wood
Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 105236
Collector: Commissioned from John Patten by MV.
Media copyright: Museums Victoria
Notes: MusV data: "X 105236, Message stick, Yorta Yorta, Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, Jul 2013, Registered [DDX 6518] Patten, Mr John - Museum Victoria:Artist (Commission, 21 Aug 2013) Yorta Yorta Bundjalung Sunbury Victoria "
Media Files:
Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski