NMA1987_0050_0269

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

Description: Long slim, truncated wooden meassage stick with feathers attached to one end, banded with pigment overall.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1987

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: 900mm Dimension 2: 130mm Dimension 3: 60mm

Materials: feather, pigment, wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1987.0050.0269

Collector: Enid Bowden collection Date acquired by NMA 1987

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=36341

IRN: 36341

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman