AMus_E013374

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Oblong, ends pointed. Side A: horizontal incised lines, div. into two parts towards end. Side: B. Horizontal incsed lines [ref LC]; Condition: Complete (ref LC). Sketch of two facets of one message stick (fig. 328) on plate XVIII of “Ethnological studies” by W. E. Roth

Message: AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: " "Function: Forwarded to Carlo when pituri req'd. Obverse. Mountains and creeks around Marion Downs and Marion Downs Station. Reverse: Incised 'flash' mks (Ref. Ethno. Stud. p.137)"

Creator of Object: Sender: Boinji AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Maker: Boinji (group)"

Date Created: 1895; AMus pdf date

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Pitta-Pitta Austlang: G6 - Pitta Pitta Glottolog: pitt1247

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]" Tindale describes Boinji as a horde of Pitta Pitta (http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/pitapita.htm)

Semantic domains: sd_item_pituri, sd_mountain, sd_place_station, sd_request_item_pituri

Dimension 1: 121mm Dimension 2: 13mm Dimension 3: 9mm

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: E013374

Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund

Coordinates: 23°32'32.938800"S,139°53'22.124400"E  (-23.542483, 139.889479)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Pitta-Pitta

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=5577&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

URL source 1: https://archive.org/stream/ethnologicalstu00rothgoog#page/n239/mode/2up

URL source 2: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029890328#page/n159

Notes: 12.07.2024: PK merged with WER1897PXVIIIF328

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman