NMA1985_0174_0020

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

Description: Cylindrical message stick, tapered at each end with pigmented banded lines of notched and zig zag incisions overall.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1970

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1970-11-27

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Euramo, Tully, Queensland, Australia

Dimension 1: 175mm Dimension 2: 25mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0174.0020

Collector: Gladys Henry collection Date received at Australian Institute of Anatomy: 27/11/1970

Coordinates: 17°57'51.098400"S,145°56'9.099600"E  (-17.964194, 145.935861)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Approximate mid point between Euramo & Tully, Queensland, per Google maps

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=19528

IRN: 19528

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman