MOV1925_49

Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Vancouver (MOV)

Description: MOV online catalogue: "Cylindrical, short stick; brown colour; irregular geometric designs" Donor's Note: "Message stick- in Hieroglyphic carving - as used by the Aboriginies of Northern Queensland (Cape York)"

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Australia, Northern Queensland, Cape York.

Dimension 1: 138mm Dimension 2: 17mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Vancouver (MOV) object identifier: ACCESSION NUMBER: 1925.49; CATALOGUE NUMBER: EA 24

Collector: Donated by: N.D. (Mr.) Critchley

Coordinates: 15°S,143°E  (-15.0, 143.0)

Media copyright: Museum of Vancouver (MOV)

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Cape York, queensland, per Google maps.

URL institution: https://www.openmovportal.ca/argus/final/Portal/Main.aspx?lang=en-CA

Notes: 13.3.24 NR: the online catalogue includes a reference to The Australian Message Stick Database (beta version) as a bibliography item.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman