NMA1985_0002_0290

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

Description: Cylindrical and symmetrical wooden message stick with tapered and rounded ends. Features a seven ring band of dotted infill in fine incisions.

Date Created: 1926

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Dimension 1: 175mm Dimension 2: 25mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0002.0290

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=6815

IRN: 6815

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup