- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Incised wood message stick.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1881
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1881
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Incised, Process Notched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 125 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.98.44 PR no.: 503/ 12191
Search terms: Writing, Ritual and Ceremonial, Status, Message-bearer, Ceremonial Object
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