RHH1918P26F15

Title: Sketch of a message stick by Hamlyn-Harris (1918)

Description: Sketch of a flat message stick on p.26, Fig.15, of "On messages and "Message Sticks" employed among the Queensland Aborigines" by R. Hamlyn-Harris: "A stick at one time the property of the "King of the Muholoon." The close sinuous lines completely encircle the confined area. The cross-markings shown on the obverse side are produced where these taper off. Message unknown."

Creator of Object: Sender: "the King of the Muholoon" (p. 26)

Date Created: 1918

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Yukulta Austlang: G34 - Yukulta / Ganggalidda Glottolog: gang1267

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Turn-off Lagoon. The message stick is associated with Turn-off Lagoon. However, it's not certain who the "Muhaloon" are. If this can be determined it might lead to a second linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 182mm Dimension 2: 32mm

Materials: white gum

Sources:

Hamlyn Harris, R. 1918. “On messages and ‘message sticks’ employed among the Queensland Aborigines.”

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6:13-36.

Coordinates: 17°52'59.998800"S,138°34'0.001200"E  (-17.883333, 138.566667)

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Turn-off Lagoon

URL source 1: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47577#page/51/mode/1up

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Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh