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Title: A message stick listed in the Invaluable Auctions catalogue

Description: Lot 219: A Collection of Aboriginal Artefacts

Item type: message stick from a private sale

Dimension 1: 570mm

Source types: private sale

URL institution: http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-7094E76A9D?utm_source=inv_kwalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keywordalertlive&utm_term=2

Notes: Estimate: AUD150 - AUD250 Description: A Collection of Aboriginal Artefacts including two boomerangs, a woomera and a message stick decorated with ochres, Central Australia 57 cm; 71 cm; 71 cm; 76 cm Wrote to Theodore Bruce Auctions on 4 March 2017: Hello, Do you have any more information about the message stick in this lot? And are you able to provide a higher resolution image of it? I would be keen to know: when and where it was collected (more specific than Central Australia if possible) and if there is any other documentation available. It is unusual for message sticks from this part of Australia to be painted. Many thanks, Piers Kelly

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