NMA1985_0002_0304

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

Description: Cylindrical wood message stick with truncated ends and shallow pecked incisions in lines over the entire surface. There is a band of ringtail incisions at each end.

Date Created: 1926

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Dimension 1: 100mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0002.0304

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=6829

IRN: 6829

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

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup