Title: Wooden message stick from Australia gifted by Dr Elwood Mead
Description: From the Smithsonian card catalogue: "Message stick, deeply incised over entire surface, with lozenge-shape figures". 8 3/4" long.
Date Created: 1936
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1936-04-03
Item type: message stick in a collection
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Australian”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.
Dimension 1: 222.25mm
Materials: wood
Institution/Holder file: Smithsonian Institution object identifier: E377710-0
Collector: Dr Elwood Mead, thru Mrs. Elwood Mead
Media copyright: Smithsonian Institution
URL institution: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b40f4c6c-5a6a-45d1-abc1-0c3d412aec9a
IRN: E377710-0
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Data Entry: Alexandra Roginski