- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden notched tally-stick.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1928-1929
- Date collected
- By 1944
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1944
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Notched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 503 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1944.2.12
Search terms: Measurement, Writing, Tally
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