MusV_X_44624

Title: A message stick from Cairns held in Museums Victoria

Description: Original register. "44624. Message stick. chokay'" X 044624, Message stick, Cairns, Rainforest, Queensland, Australia, pre 1900, Registered Cole, Mr Percival C (Purchase, 17 Jul 1940) Percival C. Cole Collection Cairns Queensland MusV object description, PDF: "A cylindrical section of wood incised with linear designs around the entire surface."

Date Created: 1900

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Cairns, Rainforest, Queensland, Australia

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: chokay [tjukay]

Dimension 1: 135mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: MV_Item_X_44624 X 44624

Collector: Purchased by: Percival C. Cole Collection

Place collected: Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

Coordinates: 16°55'13.501200"S,145°46'14.401200"E  (-16.920417, 145.770667)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria Copyright Museums Victoria / All Rights Reserved / Reuse May Require Cultural Clearances (Licensed as All Rights Reserved)

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Cairns, Queensland, per Google maps.

URL institution: https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/199289

Notes: MusV data: "X 044624, Message stick, Cairns, Rainforest, Queensland, Australia, pre 1900, Registered Cole, Mr Percival C (Purchase, 17 Jul 1940) Percival C. Cole Collection Cairns Queensland "

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman