Accession No
Z 15031 A-B
Description
Two message sticks. A: with burnt designs in yellow. B: with incised designs, into which red paint is rubbed. The exact meaning of these sticks is not understood but they sometimes bear signs corresponding to totemic features of the route followed in transporting them
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; ?South Australia
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 15031 A-B; MAA: Z 15031; Z 15031 A; Z 15031 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: ?Northeast of South Australia; Exhibited: A: on display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990
Event Date 28/4/1993
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Two message sticks. A: with burnt designs in yellow. B: with incised designs, into which red paint is rubbed. The exact meaning of these sticks is not understood but they sometimes bear signs corresponding to totemic features of the route followed in transporting them
Event Date 28/4/1993
Author: maa
FM:87735
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