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dc.contributor.authorKelly, Piersen
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-09T03:25:16Z-
dc.date.available2020-12-09T03:25:16Z-
dc.date.issued2020-06-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Material Culture, 25(2), p. 133-152en
dc.identifier.issn1460-3586en
dc.identifier.issn1359-1835en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29787-
dc.description.abstractMessage sticks are tools of graphic communication, once used across the Australian continent. While their styles vary, a typical message stick is a flattened or cylindrical length of wood with motifs engraved on all sides. Carried by special messengers over long distances, their motifs were intended to complement a verbally produced communication such as an invitation, a declaration of war, or news of a death. It was only in the late 1880s that message sticks first became a subject of formal anthropological enquiry at a time when the practice was already in steep transition; very little original research has been published in the 20th century and beyond. In this article, the author reviews colonial efforts to understand these objects, as recorded in documentary and museum archives, and describes transformations of message stick communication in contemporary settings. He summarizes the state-of-the-art in message stick research and identifies the still unanswered questions concerning their origins, adaptations and significance.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Material Cultureen
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
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dc.titleAustralian message sticks: Old questions, new directionsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1359183519858375en
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local.subject.for2008210204 Museum Studiesen
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local.subject.seo2008950302 Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritageen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
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local.format.startpage133en
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local.title.subtitleOld questions, new directionsen
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local.title.maintitleAustralian message sticksen
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