Title: A message stick/board held in the National Museums Scotland
Description: Wooden board, possibly a message stick, with incised curvilinear, foliate designs on both sides, one side representing geographic features including rivers, hills etc, the other with designs which include an emu, a coiled snake, fish, seaweed and human face, possibly a Wandjina: Australia, Western Australia, probably Dampierland Peninsular, Bardi, mid 19th century
Notes on date created: Mid 19th century; Also listed as Mid 18th century, but probably by mistake
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.1946.163
Collector: Collection - Oceania
Media copyright: The National Museums Scotland
URL institution: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/board/340157
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman