NMA1985_0002_0293

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

Description: Cylindrical wooden message stick, tapering to pointed ends, and incised with a very fine linear and dotted motif in a spiral design.

Date Created: 1926

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Dimension 1: 230mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0002.0293

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=6818

IRN: 6818

Notes: According to NMA: "Bowie was Horne's niece and assisted him with his collecting."

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup