(among Australian Aborigines) a piece of wood carved with symbolic patterns, used as a means of communication between communities.
Example sentencesExamples
- Message sticks are an important part of traditional Aboriginal culture.
- Symbolism in Aboriginal culture is used in a variety of ways to communicate ideas - making informal markings on sand to illustrate a story; inscribing message sticks with symbols to transfer news between groups.
- The students of each of the schools will, with the help of a visiting Aboriginal Artist, paint their reconciliation symbol on the Message Stick Stand.
- From ancient times the message stick has been used in Aboriginal culture to call people from different tribes together.