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Object Number
96-25-70/49486.4
Display Title
Message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved wood, cylindrical, incised lines
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Queensland
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm (4 5/8 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49486.4
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1896
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1896)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1896)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.3 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.1 | Message stick |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Queensland
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.2 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
| |
| 51-33-70/3227 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 51-33-70/3228 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 32-68-70/D4039 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Nullagine District
| |
| 32-68-70/D4055 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Paynes Find
| |
| 32-68-70/D4054 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Nullagine District
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4661 | Wooden incised message stick 7 1/2" long |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Western Australia
| |
| 11-2-70/83906 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Northern Queensland
| |
| 51-33-70/3229 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 32-68-70/D4045 | Death message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
|