UOG_GLAHM_E_1928_44_2

Title: A message stick held in the University of Glasgow, Hunterian collection

Description: UoG online catalogue: "message stick, incised bands around and tiny notch-like marks"

Date Created: 1928

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem UoG online catalogue: "probably 19th century"

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Fortescue River inland from Mount Pyrton, Gascoyne Region, Western Australia (Cultural Group: Indjibandji)

Dimension 1: 165mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Donated: 1928

Institution/Holder file: University of Glasgow - Hunterian collection object identifier: GLAHM:E.1928.44/2 E.1928.44/2

Collector: Donated by Dr Emile L. Clement, 1928

Coordinates: 21°52'22.900800"S,117°19'55.999200"E  (-21.873028, 117.332222)

Media copyright: University of Glasgow - Hunterian collection

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Mount Pyrton, Fortescue, Western Australia, per Google maps. Bonzle: Mount Pyrton is a mountain in west Western Australia. Mount Pyrton is at an altitude of about 820m above sea level.

URL institution: https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/details?irn=119294&catType=C&referrer=/results&q=message+stick

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: UOG_GLAHM_E_1928_44_1