BM_Oc1900_0723_57

Title: A message stick from North Queensland held in the British Museum

Description: Message stick, of wood, coloured red, rounded at one end. Incsied with lines.

Message: A record of five months time & a list of names his males during the 5 months

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: 91mm Dimension 2: 22mm Dimension 3: 11mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: incised, pigmented

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1900

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1900,0723.57

Collector: Purchased from: Rollin & Feuardent Field Collection by: W Charles Handley Curator's comments: "Register slip comment: 'Cairns district. Chokay or stick; a record of five months and list of names. (!!)'. Letter from Handley Feb 4/96 indicates: 'No. 1: A record of five months time & a list of names his males during the 5 months'." Bibliographic references: "Sculthorpe et al 2021 / Ancestors, artefacts, empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish Museums (p. 113, fig. 11.1)"

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: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=505574&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&sortBy=fromDateDesc&page=1

IRN: EOC10195

Notes: 30.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman