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Object Number 32-68-70/D4039
Display Title Message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, carved wood, cylindrical with tapered ends, incised design
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Pilbara / Nullagine District
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (7 1/2 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D4039
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Museum Improvements Fund, 1932
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1909)
Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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