NHMLAC_L_2100_A_13_63_69

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: "-69; A message stick from Western Australia. This stick is slightly curved in places. It has incised geometric patterns including spiral elements and V-shaped motifs. Stendahl #278. Length: 11 3/4 inches, diameter: 1 1/16 inches." Description from Blomberg card: "Surface is very smoothly finished. Shaft is divided into seven panels with five scratched bands; panels have fine scratched design made of paralleled diagonal areas filled with incising, and triangular elements "W.A." written on side."

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: 300mm

Materials: wood

Date collected: Date Accessioned: June, 1963

Institution/Holder file: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County object identifier: L.2100.A.13.63-69

Collector: F. Kellner

Media copyright: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

URL institution: https://collections.nhm.org/anthropology/Display.php?irn=958232&QueryPage=%2Fanthropology%2F&BackRef=ResultsList.php

Notes: 22.8.24 NR: Measurement Notes: Above measurements come from Blomberg card. Measurement from accession file: Length: 11 3/4 inches, diameter: 1 1/16 inches.

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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman