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Object Number 51-33-70/3228
Display Title Wood message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, carved wooden stick, cylindrical, incised
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm (4 13/16 x 11/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-33-70/3228; A15410 / No data
Credit Line Exchange with South Australia Museum, 1951
Provenance
Exchange participant Museum of South Australia (06/26/1951)
Intermediary Herbert M. Hale (06/26/1951)
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition

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