NMA1985_0065_0101

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

Description: Flat oval wooden message stick incised with abstract and symbolic geometric lines.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1948

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Dimension 1: 175mm Dimension 2: 90mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0065.0101

Collector: Keith Goddard collection Date acquired by donor (Australian Institute of Anatomy): 1948

Coordinates: 15°31'44.198400"S,127°09'12.301200"E  (-15.528944, 127.153417)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Approximate mid point coordinates for the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, per Google maps Wikipedia: The Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley is one of the four local government areas in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia, covering an area of 117,514 square kilometres at Western Australia's northeastern corner.

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=15363

IRN: 15363

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman