Oc.1933.0403.36 Message stick

Photo by Dr Rosita Henry

Photo by Dr Rosita Henry

Accession Number: Oc.1933.0403.36

Museum: British Museum

Date Acquired: 1933

Collector: Derwent Vallance (1875-1960)

Date Collected: c.1900

Where from: Mulgrave

Description: L287 x W20mm. Carved wood with incised markings and remnant white pigment.

See: ‘Derwent Vallance’ authored by Dr Rosita Henry

http://www.jcucollections.org/?page_id=1108

Contact: Dr Gaye Sculthorpe, Curator of Oceania

British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Phone: +44 20 7323 8035

Email: gsculthorpe@britishmuseum.org

See BM website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=497981&partId=1&searchText=derwent+vallance&page=1