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Object Number
25-46-70/D2439.2
Display Title
Message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved wood, flattened, tapered to point both ends, incised/burned designs
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Goldsfields-Esperance
/
Laverton
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 35.5 × 2 × 1.1 cm (14 × 13/16 × 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2439.2
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1925
Provenance
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Collector
Unknown
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-46-70/D2439.1 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Laverton
| |
| 25-46-70/D2439.3 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Laverton
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.2 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
| |
| 32-68-70/D4045 | Death message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 51-33-70/3229 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 32-68-70/D4039 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Nullagine District
| |
| 32-68-70/D4054 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Nullagine District
| |
| 51-33-70/3227 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4661 | Wooden incised message stick 7 1/2" long |
Ornament
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.1 | Message stick |
Ornament
Shaft, modified |
Queensland
| |
| 32-68-70/D4055 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Paynes Find
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.3 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
|