BM_Oc1926_97

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

Description: Message stick made of wood.

Date Created: 1926

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Charleville (west of), Queensland

Dimension 1: 82mm Dimension 2: 12mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1926

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1926,-.97

Collector: Purchased from: Sir Wilfred Peek Field Collection by: Sir Cuthbert Edgar Peek

Coordinates: 26°24'5.000400"S,146°14'23.499600"E  (-26.401389, 146.239861)

Media copyright: The British Museum British Museum Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Charleville, Queensland

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=499325&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

IRN: EOC16475

Notes: PK: No more images to request from BM. 5.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman