MusV_X_105553

Title: A Wurundjeri message stick in Museums Victoria

Description: MusV object description, PDF: "Wooden message stick. Cylindrical with rounded ends. 'Pokerwork' decoration at both ends, with two further lines around the circumference at the centre of the object." Primary comments: One of two presented at the opening of Melbourne Museum X 105553, Message stick, Wurundjeri, Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, 2000, Registered [DDX 2003] Wurundjeri (Presented, Oct 2000) Wurundjeri Melbourne Victoria

Date Created: 2000

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (presented to MV in 2000)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: political

State/Territory: VIC

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Wurundjeri, Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia

Dimension 1: 290mm Dimension 2: 33mm Dimension 3: 33mm

Materials: wood

Date collected: 2000-10 (presented by Wurundjeri at the opening of the museum)

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 105553

Place collected: Melbourne Museum

Coordinates: 37°51'0.000000"S,144°58'0.001200"E  (-37.85, 144.966667)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Port Phillip (city), Victoria, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Wurundjeri people are an Aboriginal people of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. They are the traditional owners of the Yarra River Valley, covering much of the present location of Melbourne. The City of Port Phillip is a local government area of Victoria, Australia on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne's central business district.

Notes: MusV data: "X 105553, Message stick, Wurundjeri, Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, 2000, Registered [DDX 2003] Wurundjeri (Presented, Oct 2000) Wurundjeri Melbourne Victoria "

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman

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