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Object Number
32-68-70/D4045
Display Title
Death message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved wood, cylindrical with tapered end, burned design
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Mt. Leming; King Edward
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 27.1 x 1.1 x 1.2 cm (10 11/16 x 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D4045
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Museum Improvements Fund, 1932
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1906)
Seller
Unknown
(04/11/1932-05/09/1932)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51-33-70/3229 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 32-68-70/D4057 | Death message stick |
Carving
|
Gascoyne
| |
| 32-68-70/D4039 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Nullagine District
| |
| 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
| |
| 51-33-70/3227 | Wood message stick |
Ornament
|
Australia
| |
| 25-46-70/D2439.1 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Laverton
| |
| 32-68-70/D4055 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Paynes Find
| |
| 25-46-70/D2439.3 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Laverton
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1726 | Message stick, cugina |
Ornament
Shaft, modified |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 32-68-70/D4011.7 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Yandilm Station
| |
|
| 32-68-70/D4011.8 | Message stick |
Ornament
|
Yandilm Station
|