NMA1985_0095_0054

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

Description: Pigmented flat elliptical message stick, with truncated ends, and incised lines.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1960

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1960-06-01

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia

Dimension 1: 230mm Dimension 2: 30mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: pigment, wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 1960

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0095.0054

Collector: Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 (Dr Helen M. Groger- Wurn)

Coordinates: 16°30'56.498400"S,139°24'18.201600"E  (-16.515694, 139.405056)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Mornington Island, Queensland, per Google maps

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=16904

IRN: 16904

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman