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Item X 37627 dharrpaminytjimirri | Message stick. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1930

Summary

This message stick is incised with geometric patterning on both sides.

Local Name

dharrpaminytjimirri

Physical Description

A rectangular elliptical shaped section of wood incised with geometric patterns on both sides.

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Object/Medium

Message stick
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1930
Collector

Reverend Thomas T. Webb
Date Collected

1926 - 1930
Object Measurements

260 mm (Length), 45 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
Keywords

Communication
Collection Names

Rev T.T. Webb Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

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Item X 37627 dharrpaminytjimirri | Message stick. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1930

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