| Coordinates WGS84 | 16°55'S, 145°47'E -16.92, 145.78 |
BM_Oc1900_0723_52
Title: A message stick from North Queensland held in the British Museum
Description: Commemorative stick made of wood (British Museum catalogue) Description from accompanying sketch: "Cylindrical piece of wood coloured red and ornamented with cut lines. Cairns district. Chokay or stick made to commemorate the death of a brother" BM online catalogue: "Commemorative stick, message stick, of wood, cylindrical, coloured red and incised with lines." Curator's comments: Register slip comments: 'Cairns district. Chokay or stick made to commorate the death of a brother'. Correspondence from Handley Feb 4/96 indicates: 'No. 2 was his brother, the rounded top he pointed out as the head'.
Message: to commemorate the death of a brother
Date Created: 1900
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: traditional
State/Territory: QLD
Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Djabugay Austlang: Y106 - Djabugay / Tjapukai^ Glottolog: dyaa1242
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Cairns, North Queensland
Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: tjukay ("Chokay")
Dimension 1: 101mm Dimension 2: 11mm Dimension 3: 10mm
Materials: wood
Techniques: carved, pigmented
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1900
Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1900,0723.52
Collector: Purchased from: Rollin & Feuardent Field Collection by: W Charles Handley
Coordinates: 16°55'6.999600"S,145°46'41.199600"E (-16.918611, 145.778111)
Media copyright: The British Museum British Museum Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cairns
IRN: EOC10190
Notes: PK: One additional image requested from BM on 15 November 2016 and linked. 28.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.
Media Files:
Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman