| Coordinates WGS84 | 17°16'S, 145°29'E -17.26, 145.49 |
AMus_E013411
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] Cigar-shaped, rounded ends. Half stick decorated with incised cross-hatching, remainder incised zig-zag and parallel lines. Ochre in incisions [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. Q'ld [ref LC]"
Dimension 1: 133mm Dimension 2: 18mm
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1898 Accession date: 24 March 1905
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013411
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
Media Files:
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman