TM_E594_2

Title: Term for message stick archived in the Torquay Museum (UK)

Description: TM online catalogue: "rolled white paper message or letter reading "letter native name for it 'Cairns District?' (Chokay - spelt phonetically)"

Item type: lexical item

Notes on linguistic areas: Cairns district TM online catalogue: "Place made: Australia?, Oceania."

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: chókay

Materials: white paper

Institution/Holder file: Torquay Museum (UK) object identifier: E594.2

Collector: Unknown

URL institution: https://modes-online.org.uk/torquay/index.asp?page=full&mwsquery=%7BIdentity%20number%7D=%7BE594.2%7D

Notes: 12.4.24 NR: this record (E594.2) refers to second item, (E594.1) that has not been recorded on OCCAMS due to too much uncertainty re its origin - https://modes-online.org.uk/torquay/index.asp?page=full&mwsquery=%7BIdentity%20number%7D=%7BE594.1%7D

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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman