AMus_E013410

Title: A message stick inviting other mobs in the neighbourhood to come in, held in the Australian Museum

Description: Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Message stick [ref LC] Cylindrical, cross-hatched [ref LC].

Message: AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, made by "paddy", the son of the "boss" of the Atherton blacks, telling the other mobs in the neighbourhood to come in [ref reg];"

Creator of Object: Mus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, made by "paddy", the son of the "boss" of the Atherton blacks"

Date Created: 1898

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Djirbal Austlang: Y123 - DYIRBAL / JIRRBAL Glottolog: dyir1250

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Atherton, Cape York, Queensland, Australia. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Cape York; Atherton [ref reg]; Atherton, N. Queensland [ref LC]"

Dimension 1: 150mm Dimension 2: 28mm Dimension 3: 27mm

Source types: museum collection

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

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013410

Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund

Coordinates: 17°15'53.600400"S,145°29'14.499600"E  (-17.264889, 145.487361)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Atherton

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=2757&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman