AMSD - Message Stick AMus

Coordinates WGS84

23°52'S, 139°41'E
-23.87, 139.68

AMus_E013371

Title: A message stick inviting to come to Boulia for blankets, held in the Australian Museum

Description: AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Oblong, compressed, flat, sharp-edged, ends pointed. Side A: 8 groups of tranverse incisions, of from 3-11 cuts in each, at one end partly chequered by a few longitudinal incisions. Other side plain [ref LC]; Condition: Complete. Edges slightly chipped (ref LC)." Roth 1897: Sketch of one message stick (fig. 330) on plate XVIII of “Ethnological studies” by W. E. Roth

Message: Roth (1897, p137): "Fig. 329. Made by a Karanya (Boulia District). Oiv. and Bev. identical. The message to be conveyed was "All you fellows belonging to Bedouri,&c., come up to Boulia for blankets, or a corrobboree,"&c. A=Bedouri, B=Breadalbane, C=Cooraboolka, D=Marion Downs, E = Boulia. [PK: this is the relevant object ->]Fig.330. Made by a Karanya. Similar message to preceding,but the people of different districts addressed : A and C = localities unmapped, B = Headingly, D=Carandotta, E=Roxburgh, P=Glenormiston, G=Herbert Downs, H =Boulia. AMus pdf from 24.01.23: "All you fellows belonging to Headingly, Carandotta, Roxburgh, Glenormiston, Herbert Downs, Boulia, come to Boulia for blankets, or corrobboree" (ref. l;thno. Stud. p. 137) [ref LC];"

Creator of Object: AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Made by a Karanya (Ref.Eth.Stud.p 137). ref LC\"

Date Created: 1895

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; this is the date from AMus pdf

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Karanya Austlang: L32 - Karanya

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Boulia, Channel Country, Queensland. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Karenya tribe [ref reg]"

Semantic domains: sd_journey, sd_place

Dimension 1: 166mm Dimension 2: 15mm

Sources:

Roth, Walter Edmund. 1897. Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland Aborigines. Brisbane: Edmund Gregory.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1895 Accession date: 23 March 1905

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013371

Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund

Coordinates: 23°52'13.180800"S,139°40'30.680400"E (-23.870328, 139.675189)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Karanya

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=5574&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick