AMus_E013417

Title: A message stick made by Sandy, asking to bring up pituri as soon as possible in exchange for spears and boomerangs

Description: Message or letter stick [ref reg]; Message stick [ref LC] Cigar-shaped, ends pointed. Entire stick incised with crosses, concentric chevrons and hatching [ref LC]; Condition: Complete. Mould. 1 point chipped, blunted [ref LC].

Message: «Bring me pituri as soon as possible in exchange for spears and boomerangs»

AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, From' Sandy' - a Glenormiston boy at Carrandotta to 'Kangaroo' of Roxburgh [PK:Roxborough Downs], asking him to bring up 'pituri' as soon as possible. He having plenty of spears and boomerangs in exchange; Carandotta 1903 [ref reg];

Creator of Object: Sender: Sandy of Glenormiston at Carandotta Recipient: Kangaroo of Roxburgh [Roxborough Downs Station] Mus pdf from 24.01.2023: "Message or letter stick, From' Sandy' - a Glenormiston boy at Carrandotta"

Date Created: 1903

Notes on date created: date collected

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Warluwarra Austlang: G10 - Warluwarra^ Glottolog: warl1256

Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Wangkayutyuru Austlang: G5 - Wangka-Yutjurru^

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Carandotta, Channel Country, Queensland. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Channel Country; Carandotta [ref reg]; Carandotta, Queensland [ref LC]" Linguistic area 2 inferred from location of Roxborough Downs Station on Wangkayutyuru Country.

Cultural region: Channel Country

Dimension 1: 104mm Dimension 2: 11mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1903 Accession date: 24 March 1905

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E013417

Collector: Purchased by: Roth, Dr Walter Edmund

Coordinates: 21°58'16.298400"S,138°36'53.200800"E  (-21.971194, 138.614778)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Carandotta Station, Queensland, per google maps. Wikipedia: Carandotta Station, most commonly referred to as Carandotta but often spelled as Carrandotta, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Queensland, Australia. It is within the localities of Carrandotta and Piturie in the Shire of Boulia.

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=5610&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Notes: REGISTER

Date: 24 March 1905

Name or Description: Message or letter stick

Locality: from "Sandy" a Glenormiston boy at Carandotta to "Kangaroo" of Roxburgh, asking him to bring up "pituri" as soon as possible, he having plenty of spears and boomerangs in exchange, Carandotta 1903

How Acquired:

Name of Donor or Seller:

Estimated or Market Value: S.50

Destination: Figs. Bull. 8 Pl. 2 F1 neg. v.2343

Remarks:

OTHER NOTES

Roth Bulletin 8 (1905):

Fig. 1—. Spindle-shaped, round, tapering at the apices; light-coloured wood. Incised all round but without a defined pattern, the marks consisting of crosses, transverse notches, and arched incisions subparallel to one another on the central line of the stick. Length, 4 ¼ in. ; diameter, 3/8- in.

Carandotta. Sent by “Sandy,” a Glenormiston boy at Carandotta, to “Kangaroo,” of Roxburgh, asking the latter to bring pituri as soon as possible, the former having plenty of spears and boomerangs for exchange.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman