Title: A message stick held in the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka (NMEO)
Description: NMEO online catalogue: "儀礼用具(メッセージスティック), ギレイヨウグ(メッセージスティック)" (Google translate: "Ritual tools (message stick), Girayougu (message stick)"). NMEO online catalogue: "帯状に模様が刻まれた" (Google translate: "A band-shaped pattern is engraved").
Date Created: 1989
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem NMEO online catalogue: "Acceptance, 1989"
Item type: message stick in a collection
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Australia”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.
Dimension 1: 180mm Dimension 2: 11mm Dimension 3: 11mm
Date collected: Acceptance year: 1989
Institution/Holder file: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka (NMEO) object identifier: H0168369
Collector: Unknown
Media copyright: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka (NMEO)
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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman