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Object Number
11-2-70/83905
Display Title
Message stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, wood, oblong, flat, incised and punctate designs both sides
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Queensland
/
Northern Queensland
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm (5 1/4 x 1 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83905
Credit Line
Gift of William McM. Woodworth, 1911
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1911)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1900-1911)
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