GMD33000

Title: A message stick from North Queensland held in the Grassi Museum Dresden (Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden)

Description: SKD online catalogue: "Botenstab - ornamentierter Botenstab" (Google translate: Messenger staff - ornamented messenger staff)

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1914

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 Northeast Australia, North Queensland, Aurukun Mission Station.

Dimension 1: 125mm Dimension 2: 13mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1914

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Ethnology Dresden (The Grassi Museum Dresden) object identifier: 33000

Coordinates: 13°21'30.200400"S,141°43'40.800000"E  (-13.358389, 141.728)

Media copyright: Museum of Ethnology Dresden (The Grassi Museum Dresden)

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Aurukun, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Aurukun Mission (known then as the Archer River Mission Station) was established on 4 August 1904.

URL institution: https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/1559677

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman