| Coordinates WGS84 | 20°42'S, 140°30'E -20.70, 140.51 |
AMus_E013413
Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum
Description: Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Message stick [ref LC] Oblong, may have been coloured black. Both sides, same incised design; 1 end herringbone, opp. end concentric lozenge, innermost lozenge black. Opposed concentric chevrons at both ends next to lozenge, with horizontal line cutting thr. design [ref LC]; Condition: Complete. Some shapes chipped [ref LC].
Date Created: 1900
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: QLD
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Cloncurry, Mount Isa, Queensland. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Mount Isa; Cloncurry [ref reg]; Cloncurry, Queensland [ref LC]"
Dimension 1: 122mm Dimension 2: 36mm Dimension 3: 13mm
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1900 Accession date: 24 March 1905
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013413
Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund
Coordinates: 20°42'16.099200"S,140°30'19.900800"E (-20.704472, 140.505528)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cloncurry, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It is informally known by local people as The Curry.
Media Files:
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman