Title: A message stick/board held in the National Museums Scotland
Description: Wooden board, possibly a message stick, with incised curvilinear, possibly foliate designs on one side, and designs and hatching possibly indicating zoomorphic or anthropomorphic decorative markings on the other side: Australia, Western Australia, probably Dampierland Peninsular, Bardi, mid 19th century
Notes on date created: mid 19th century
Item type: message stick in a collection
Notes on linguistic areas: Australia, Western Australia, probably Dampierland Peninsular, Bardi. Associations - Fiji, Polynesia
Source types: museum collection
Institution/Holder file: The National Museums Scotland object identifier: A.1946.162
Collector: Collection - Oceania
Media copyright: The National Museums Scotland
URL institution: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/board/340156
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman