NMA1985_0002_0288

Title: A message stick held in the National Museum of Australia

Description: Cylindrical wooden message stick with tapered and truncated ends and shallow incisions with a dotted infill.

Date Created: 1926

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Dimension 1: 190mm Dimension 2: 20mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0002.0288

Collector: Horne-Bowie collection Date acquired by donor (Australian Institute of Anatomy):1926

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=6813

IRN: 6813

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup