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Object Number
30-54-70/D3427
Display Title
Message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, flat wood stick, rectangular, perforated, incised painted designs
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeast Arnhem Land
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 28.9 x 5.8 x 1.1 cm (11 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-54-70/D3427
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Peabody Museum Association Fund, 1930
Provenance
Collector
W. Lloyd Warner
(1929)
Seller
W. Lloyd Warner
(1930)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-54-70/D3450.2 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 30-54-70/D3450.1 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 11-2-70/83905 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Northern Queensland
| |
| 30-54-70/D3450.3 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 32-68-70/D4056 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D4057 | Death message stick |
Carving
|
Gascoyne
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.2 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Queensland
| |
| 32-68-70/D4011.3 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Yandilm Station
| |
|
| 32-68-70/D4011.1 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Yandilm Station
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.1 | Message stick |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Queensland
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4661 | Wooden incised message stick 7 1/2" long |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Western Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 51-32-70/3308 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Cairns
|