NHMLAC_L_2100_A_13_63_68

Title: A message stick held in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC)

Description: NHMLAC online catalogue: "Message Stick". Description from accession file: "-68; A message stick from Western Australia. The stick has faint incised patterns of rings, with three bands at each end; the ends are painted. Stendahl #277. Length: 9 1/8 inches, diameter: 5/8 inch." Description from Blomberg card: "Wood, red ochred, cylindrical with pointed ends. Series of rings in three bands scratched at each end of stick."

Date Created: 1963

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

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

Dimension 1: 230mm

Materials: wood

Date collected: Date Accessioned: June, 1963

Institution/Holder file: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County object identifier: L.2100.A.13.63-68

Collector: F. Kellner

Media copyright: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

URL institution: https://collections.nhm.org/anthropology/Display.php?irn=958231&QueryPage=%2Fanthropology%2F&BackRef=ResultsList.php

Notes: 228.24 NR: Measurement Notes: Above measurements come from Blomberg card. Measurement from accession file: Length: 9 1/8 inches, diameter: 5/8 inch.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman