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Object Number
30-54-70/D3450.1
Display Title
Message sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, wood, flat, rectangular, incised designs, V notches at both edges
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeast
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 10.9 x 3 x 0.7 cm (4 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D / 3450.1
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Peabody Museum Association Fund, 1930
Provenance
Collector
W. Lloyd Warner
(1929-1930)
Seller
W. Lloyd Warner
(1930)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-54-70/D3450.3 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 30-54-70/D3450.2 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 11-2-70/83905 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Northern Queensland
| |
| 30-54-70/D3427 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 32-68-70/D4056 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D4057 | Death message stick |
Carving
|
Gascoyne
| |
| 05-19-10/64717 | Message stick |
Special
|
Erie County
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.2 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
| |
| 2004.24.33790 | Children's paddles/ message sticks |
Arnhem Land
| ||
| 2004.24.33797.2 | Message sticks |
Arnhem Land
| ||
| 2004.24.33797.1 | Message sticks |
Arnhem Land
| ||
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.1 | Message stick |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Queensland
|