AMus_E013407

Title: A message stick from one brother to another communicating that he is well

Description: Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Message stick [ref LC] Oblong, one end rounded, other squared. Both sides incised with chevrons, and irregular hatchings; edges notched [ref LC]; Condition: Complete. Mould [ref LC].

Message: «Brother, I am well» AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, "carried by me" by my own native servant, a Cooktown boy, to his brother on the Starcke R, tell him he was all right [ref reg];"

Creator of Object: Sender: A Cooktown boy Messenger: Walter E Roth Recipient: Brother on the Starcke River Mus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, "carried by me" by my own native servant, a Cooktown boy"

Date Created: 1898

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Guugu-Yimidhirr Austlang: Y82 - GUUGU YIMIDHIRR Glottolog: gugu1255

Notes on linguistic areas: Linguistic area inferred from both the origin of the message stick at Cooktown, and the destination at the Starcke River, both in Guugu-Yimidhirr country.

AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Cape York; Cooktown [ref reg]; Cooktown, Endeavour River, N.E.Queensland [ref SC]; Cooktown, Queensland [ref LC]"

Dimension 1: 93mm Dimension 2: 16mm Dimension 3: 11mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1898 Accession date: 24 March 1905

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013407

Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund

Coordinates: 15°27'52.498800"S,145°14'32.600400"E  (-15.464583, 145.242389)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Approximate coordinates for the Endeavour River mouth near Cooktown, Queensland, per google maps.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=3435&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Notes: REGISTER

Date: 24 March 1905

Name or Description: Message or letter stick carried by my from my own native servant, a Cooktown boy, to his brother on the Starcke R. to tell him he was alright

Locality: ​Cooktown 1898

How Acquired: Purch.

Name of Donor or Seller: Dr. W. E. Roth

Estimated or Market Value: S.​40

Destination:

Remarks:

OTHER NOTES

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman