UQAM4627

Title: A message stick held in the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum

Description: Message stick. Physical Description: The object is in a display case. It is light tan in colour, flat with curved edges. One end is tapered the other has been carved to be fairly straight. It has a finely incised geometric designs (zig zags, rectangles, triangles). Appears that the pattern may have been produced with a sharp, fine point. Inside the designs the wood is evidently smoother than on the outside.

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: This message stick is associate with Nullagine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia

Dimension 1: 163mm Dimension 2: 19mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Unknown

Institution/Holder file: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum object identifier: 4627

Collector: Collected & donated by: Dr Pritchard

Coordinates: 21°53'11.198400"S,120°06'28.400400"E  (-21.886444, 120.107889)

Media copyright: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Nullagine, WA, per Google maps

URL institution: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/?record=ecatalogue.4627

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman