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: "-70; A message stick from Western Australia. This stick has an incised pattern and is long and slender. The incisions are crudely done. Stendahl #279. Length: 14 inches, Diameter: 7/16 inch." Description from Blomberg card: "Cylindrical with pointed ends. Light and crudely incised patterning of crosses between broad bands of incising."
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: 355mm
Materials: wood
Date collected: Date Accessioned: June, 1963
Institution/Holder file: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County object identifier: L.2100.A.13.63-70
Collector: F. Kellner
Media copyright: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
URL institution: https://collections.nhm.org/anthropology/Display.php?irn=958233&QueryPage=%2Fanthropology%2F&BackRef=ResultsList.php
Notes: 228.24 NR: Measurement Notes: Above measurements come from Blomberg card. Measurement from accession file: Length: 14 inches, Diameter: 7/16 inch.
Media Files:
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman