SAM_A_70760

Title: A message stick held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Wooden message stick with rhomboid cross-section, pointed each end, notched along each edge. Good condition. The stick is a part of the South Australian Museum collection.

Date Created: 1997

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

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 a associated with a linguistic area.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition Date: 1997 Date registered: 1998

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-70760

Collector: Donated by: Duguid, Andrew Melville & Douglas, Rosemary Lillian According to SAM original register - "(ex Charles Duguid Coll.)"

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes: From the collection of the medical missionary Dr. Charles Duguid (father of the donors). 23.12.23 NR: According to SAM original register - "(ex Charles Duguid Coll.)"

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman