Title: A message stick at the Queensland Museum
Message: These message sticks about the death of a child, initiation [?] + war ceremonies
Date Created: 1911-04-10
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem: date of accession
Item type: message stick in a collection
Notes on linguistic areas: Roper River
Institution/Holder file: Queensland Museum Kurilpa object identifier: E16.1
Notes: QM REGISTER
Date:April 10, 1911
Registration no:11/16
No. of Specimens: 4 Name or Description: Message sticks or tokens
Locality: Leichhardt's Bar, Roper River
From Whom Acquired: M. J. Colclough
How Acquired: donated
References to Papers:
Destination:
Remarks: These message sticks about the death of a child, initiation [?] + war ceremonies
OTHER NOTES:
28.01.2026 PK: M. J. Colclough correspondence listed in 1911-1913_A-E_InwardsRegister.pdf digital page 13: Colclough M.J. Queensland Museum B'bane 11/51, 115, 408. 410, 41, 489, 500, 506, 509, 1212, 13/444, 726, 731, 765.
Data Entry: Piers Kelly