AMus_E013386

Title: A message stick summons for ceremony, from Boulia district

Description: Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Message stick (ref LC) Flat, oblong, lateral notch one end. Both sides decorated; opposed wavy lines. One side cross, wavy lines, horizontal and diagonal lines [ref LC]; Condition: Complete. Mould [ref LC].

Message: AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Function: Obv: "Come up for a corroboree". Rev: Quick! hurry up" (Ethn. Stud. Sect. 236). Message obt. from transmitter by Roth (Eth. Stud. Sect. 235) [ref LC];" Note this is probably a confusion with AMus_E013375. See notes for AMus_E013375.

Creator of Object: Sender: a Kalkadoon AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Maker; Made by pitta pitta (Boulia district) (Ethno. Stud. Sect. 236) [ref LC];" PK: Note this is probably a confusion with AMus_E013375. See notes for AMus_E013375.

Date Created: 1897

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Kalkatungu Austlang: G13 - Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon Glottolog: kalk1246

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Boulia, Channel Country, Queensland. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Channel Country; Boulia or Caloola (see spec & Ethno. Stud.) [ref reg]; Ethno.Stud. states object made by Pitta-Pitta (Boulia district) (Sect.236), [ref L CJ; Message or letter stick, pitta pitta tribe Soulia, or kalkadoon tribe Caloola (see specimens and Eth. Studies)" The message stick is associated with Leichhardt-Selwyn District

Dimension 1: 164mm Dimension 2: 27mm Dimension 3: 10mm

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: not mentioned Accession date: 23 March 1905

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013386

Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund

Coordinates: 22°54'38.498400"S,139°54'38.401200"E  (-22.910694, 139.910667)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Boulia, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Boulia is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=5595&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

URL source 1: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029890328#page/n257

URL source 2: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029890328#page/n161

Notes: OT: In the text, this figure is actually numbered 326 but the number appears twice, and number 336 is missing. Hence the picture name is 336. PK: I think this should actually be 326, based on the AMus record, but AMus is sometimes wrong and bases itself on Roth 1897. So this is all a bit uncertain. 12.12.23 NR: the following was included under the description field prior to going over the AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: This is visibly fig no 326 in Roth and should be merged. 11.07.2024 PK merged with fig 326

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman