Title: A message stick from Queensland in Museums Victoria
Description: MusV object description, PDF: "An elongated section of wood lightly incised with patterns on both sides. It has small notches on one side only near the end." X 44618, Message stick, Queensland, Australia, Pre 1900, Registered Cole, Mr Percival C (Purchase, 17 Jul 1940) Percival C. Cole Collection Queensland Original register: "Date received. 7.7.40. Reg no.: 44618. Message stick. Queensland"
Date Created: 1900
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem – MV data and research by Gareth Knapman
Item type: message stick in a collection
Dimension 1: 200mm Dimension 2: 30mm Dimension 3: 20mm
Materials: wood
Date collected: 1900 (MV data: collected pre-1900)
Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 44618
Collector: Percival C Cole
Media copyright: Museums Victoria
Notes: Primary comments: Wood. Meander design infilled with pigmented incised lines. Oval cross-section. MusV data: "X 44618, Message stick, Queensland, Australia, Pre 1900, Registered Cole, Mr Percival C (Purchase, 17 Jul 1940) Percival C. Cole Collection Queensland"
Media Files:
Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski