| Coordinates WGS84 | 18°01'S, 146°03'E -18.02, 146.04 |
AMus_E013414
Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum
Description: Messenger or letter stick [ref reg]; Message stick [ref LC] Rounded, cigar-shaped, with incised cross-hatched design [ref LC]; Condition: Complete .Small hole in middle [ref LC].
Creator of Object: Mus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, made by a Tully R. boy but no meaning to its maker [ref reg];"
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 Tully River, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Townsville; Tully R [ref reg]; Tully River, Queensland [ref LC]"
Dimension 1: 124mm Dimension 2: 17mm
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1900 Accession date: 24 March 1905
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013414
Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund
Coordinates: 18°01'8.000400"S,146°02'39.400800"E (-18.018889, 146.044278)
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Random coordinates along the Tully River Head, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Tully River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Notes: REGISTER
Date: 24 March 1905
Name or Description: Message or letter stick, made by a Tully R. boy. But no meaning to its maker
Locality: Tully R. 1900
How Acquired: Purch.
Name of Donor or Seller: Dr. W. E. Roth
Estimated or Market Value: S.47
Destination: Figs. Bull. 8. Pl. 4. F10 negative v. 2342
Remarks:
OTHER NOTES
14.12.23 NR: according to AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "no meaning to its maker" Roth Bulletin 8 (1905):
Fig. 10.—Roughly quadrangular, ends obtusely pointed; light-coloured wood. Entire surface divided into rhombs. Length, 4 7/8 in: diameter, 5/8 -in.
Tully River. Made by Tully River boy but possessed no meaning to the maker.
Media Files:
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman