Message stick
- Museum number:
- 1-26736
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010026736
- Accession number:
- Acc.618
- Description:
- Wooden; 6 small sticks attached by twine.
- Donor:
- Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Westport, Mendocino County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Mendocino; Westport
- Culture or time period:
- Coast Yuki
- Maker or artist:
- Tony Bell
- Collector:
- Edward W. Gifford
- Collection date:
- July 1926
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
- Accession date:
- 1926
- Context of use:
- Each stick stands for a food product desired. For trade.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- length 6 centimeters and length 30.7 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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