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Object Number 30-54-70/D3450.3
Display Title Message sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, wood, flat, rectangular, notches on both sides
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Dimensions Overall: 8.4 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm (3 5/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D / 3450.3
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Peabody Museum Association Fund, 1930
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Donor Donated by W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Message sticks
30-54-70/D3450.1 Message sticks
Carving
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Message sticks
30-54-70/D3450.2 Message sticks
Carving
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Message stick
32-68-70/D4056 Message stick
Carving
Western Australia
Kimberley
Message stick
11-2-70/83905 Message stick
Carving
Northern Queensland
Message stick
30-54-70/D3427 Message stick
Carving
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Message stick
05-19-10/64717 Message stick
Special
Erie County
Death message stick
32-68-70/D4057 Death message stick
Carving
Gascoyne
Children's paddles/ message sticks
2004.24.33790 Children's paddles/ message sticks
Arnhem Land
Message sticks
2004.24.33797.2 Message sticks
Arnhem Land
Message sticks
2004.24.33797.1 Message sticks
Arnhem Land
Media Restricted
96-25-70/49486.1 Message stick
Shaft, modified
Ornament
Queensland
Media Restricted
96-25-70/49486.2 Message stick
Ornament
Queensland