Coordinates WGS84 | 16°55'S, 145°46'E -16.92, 145.77 |
Title: A message stick from North Queensland held in the British Museum
Description: Commemorative stick, message stick, of wood. Ornamented with incised lines and coloured red.
Message: Register slip comment: "'Stick cut to commemorate the death of a little daughter'."
Date Created: 1900
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: traditional
State/Territory: QLD
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Cairns, North Queensland.
Dimension 1: 108mm Dimension 2: 12mm Dimension 3: 12mm
Materials: wood
Techniques: carved, pigmented
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1900
Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1900,0723.56
Collector: Field Collection by: W Charles Handley Purchased from: Rollin & Feuardent Curator's comments: "Register slip comment: 'Stick cut to commemorate the death of a little daughter'."
Coordinates: 16°55'13.501200"S,145°46'14.401200"E (-16.920417, 145.770667)
Media copyright: The British Museum British Museum Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cairns, Queensland, per Google maps.
URL institution: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1900-0723-56
Notes: 5.12.23 NR: Bibliographic references: National Museum of Australia 2015 / Encounters.; Revealing Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Objects from the British Museum (p.197). 5.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.
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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman