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: «Come in to Atherton»

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: Sender: Paddy 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

State/Territory: QLD

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=

Notes: REGISTER

Date: 24 March 1905

Name or Description: Message or letter stick, made by "Paddy" the son of the "boss" of the Atherton blacks, telling the other mobs in the neighborhood to come in, Atherton 1898

Locality: ​x​xxxxxx

How Acquired: Purch.

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

Estimated or Market Value: S.​43

Destination: Figs. Bull. 8. Pl. 2. F4 negative v. 2343

Remarks:

OTHER NOTES

Roth Bulletin 8 (1905):Fig. 4.—Cylindrical or ruler-shaped, thick, square-ended; ruddled. The whole surface is covered with small rhombs. Length, 5 ¾ in. ; diameter, 1 in.

Atherton.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman