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Object Number
32-68-70/D4056
Display Title
Message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, rectangular, flat wood, incised linear designson both sides
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Forrest River, bed of
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 25.5 x 4.1 x 1 cm (10 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D4056
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Museum Improvements Fund, 1932
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1911)
Seller
University of Pennsylvania
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-54-70/D3450.3 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 11-2-70/83905 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Northern Queensland
| |
| 30-54-70/D3450.1 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 30-54-70/D3427 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 30-54-70/D3450.2 | Message sticks |
Carving
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 32-68-70/D4057 | Death message stick |
Carving
|
Gascoyne
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49486.1 | Message stick |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Queensland
| |
|
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
| |
| 05-19-10/64717 | Message stick |
Special
|
Erie County
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 51-32-70/3308 | Message stick |
Carving
|
Cairns
|