MusV_X_84140

Title: A message stick from Normanton, Queensland, in Museums Victoria

Description: MusV object description, PDF: "An elongated wooden stick incised with linear / zig-zag designs on both sides. It is coated with red ochre." X 84140, Message stick, Normanton, Gulf, Queensland, Australia, pre 1900, Registered CRA Ltd (Rio Tinto) (Cultural Gifts Donation, 13 Feb 1981) CRA (Rio Tinto) Collection Errol Beutel Collection Normanton Queensland

Date Created: 1950

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (acquired by original collector in the early 1950s – register. Photo caption supplied by MV says "pre 1900"); 1950s

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Normanton area

Dimension 1: 155mm Dimension 2: 30mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Materials: wood

Date collected: 1950s

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 84140

Collector: Errol Beutel Collection, CRA (Rio Tinto Collection)

Coordinates: 17°40'12.698400"S,141°04'44.799600"E  (-17.670194, 141.079111)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Normanton, Queensland, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Normanton is an outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

Notes: MusV data: "X 84140, Message stick, Normanton, Gulf, Queensland, Australia, pre 1900, Registered CRA Ltd (Rio Tinto) (Cultural Gifts Donation, 13 Feb 1981) CRA (Rio Tinto) Collection Errol Beutel Collection Normanton Queensland " Rectangular. Both sides slightly convex. Incised zig-zag carvings on both sides. Coloured all over with red ochre. Normanton area, N.W. Queensland. Val. Cat. No.408 (EB 120). Acq. by orig. coll. early 1950's (Register Entry) MusV primary comments, PDF: "Rectangular. Both sides slightly convex. Incised zig-zag carvings on both sides. Coloured all over with red ochre. Normanton area, N.W. Queensland. Val. Cat. No.408 (EB 120). Acq. by orig. coll. early 1950's (Register Entry)."

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman