QM_E4530_1

Title: A message stick, possibly from Cooktown, in the Queensland Museum

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: QM spreadsheet: "?Cooktown" but this is not reflected in the register

Institution/Holder file: Queensland Museum Kurilpa object identifier: E4530.1

Notes: QM REGISTER

Date: Feb 1966

Registration no: 4530

No. of Specimens: 13 Name or Description: Message sticks

Locality: Australia

From Whom Acquired: Found in collection 1966

References to Papers:

Destination:

Remarks: N. P. R.

OTHER NOTES:

18.01.2026 PK: Note that the register indicates 13 disassociated message sticks but spreadsheet indicates only 3. Possible mistranscription into Vernon of '3' as opposed to '13'.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly