MusV_X_052624

Title: A message stick from Queensland in Museums Victoria

Description: Message stick, Queensland, Australia, Pre 1900, Registered Balfour, Mr Harry Rainy (Donation, Mar 1963) Harry R. Balfour Collection Queensland

Date Created: 1900

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem MusV PDF: date registered, April 1963. But primary comments refer to "Feb 1945" in Balfour Notebook 6. Collection date is listed in the PDF as Feb 1948.

Item type: message stick in a collection

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: Ckoky – Balfour notebook 6

Date collected: Conflicting info: Collection Feb 1948 But Balfour notebook date of Feb 1945.

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 52624; X 052624

Collector: Harry Rainy Balfour – bequest

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes: Primary comments: Message stick. From Queensland. Feb 1945. Ckoky. (Balfour Notebook 6) MusV data: "X 052624, Message stick, Queensland, Australia, Pre 1900, Registered Balfour, Mr Harry Rainy (Donation, Mar 1963) Harry R. Balfour Collection Queensland " 21.11.2024 PK: Could not access register because it isn't on the original microfiche. Checked physical register "Message stick. 14.3cm. Queensland. Obtained by Balfour in March 1948"

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski