BM_Oc1926_98

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 Herberton, Queensland.

Dimension 1: 91mm Dimension 2: 10mm Dimension 3: 8mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1926

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1926,-.98

Collector: Field Collection by: Sir Cuthbert Edgar Peek Donated by: Sir William Ingram

Coordinates: 17°22'47.398800"S,145°23'3.300000"E  (-17.379833, 145.38425)

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

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Herberton, Queensland, per Google maps.

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=499324&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&page=1

IRN: EOC90189

Notes: PK: No more images to request from BM. 4.12.23 NR: Additional IDs: "CDMS number: Oc1926C3.98 (old CDMS no.) 4.12.23 NR: Previous OCCAMS records: "The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Western Australia”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area & Acquisition date: 1903. 4.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman