When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol ... Aboriginal message sticks within the succession of pictographic communication legitimizes ...

As such, Aboriginal peoples were ... regions in which they are used and their messages deciphered. Message sticks often feature engravings or painted symbols, lines, dots and shapes carefully ...

These Aboriginal items were all collected by the husband of their owner ... In Aboriginal art, all the symbols and imagery have a meaning. In this case, the bark painting shows the symbolism ...