NMA1985_0059_0391

Title: A message stick from Queensland held in the National Museum of Australia

Description: Cylindrical message stick, truncated at both ends, and decorated with incised and concentric rectangles and lines.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1931

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Barron River, Queensland, Australia

Dimension 1: 150mm Dimension 2: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0059.0391

Collector: Edmund Milne collection Date acquired by donor (Australian Institute of Anatomy) 1931

Coordinates: 16°52'26.198400"S,145°40'28.099200"E  (-16.873944, 145.674472)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Approximate coordinates for Barron River, Queensland (relatively close to the river's mouth)

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=10747

IRN: 10747

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman