WCMS1912_01_1062

Title: A message stick held in the World Culture Museums, Sweden (Statens museer för worldkultur)

Description: WCMS online catalogue (Google translate): "letter stick / message stick - Letter stick made of wood with longitudinal markings in the form of zigzag grooves and dots."

Date Created: 1910

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem WCMS online catalogue: "Acquisition in field - 1910[?]; Acquisition by the museum - 1912."

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Sunday Islands, kimberley​, Western Australia, Australia.

Dimension 1: 217mm Dimension 2: 13mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: cut

Date collected: Acquisition in field - 1910[?]; Acquisition by the museum - 1912

Institution/Holder file: World Culture Museums, Sweden (Statens museer för worldkultur) object identifier: 1912.01.1062

Collector: Laurell, Yngve (1882 - 1975)

Coordinates: 16°24'29.700000"S,123°11'18.700800"E  (-16.40825, 123.188528)

Media copyright: World Culture Museums, Sweden (Statens museer för worldkultur)

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Sunday Island, Western Australia, per Google maps

URL institution: https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/object/1612161

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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman