UQAM15189

Title: A message stick held in the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum

Description: Message stick. Physical Description: Cylindrical length of wood, painted brown all over, 125 mm long x 15 mm diameter. Surface is decorated with incised lines, highlighted with white paint. There is a continuous diagnol pattern that covers the entire length of the object and included are some small chevrons and crosses incised into the wood.

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Hope Vale, Cape York region, Queensland, Australia

Dimension 1: 125mm Dimension 2: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Unknown

Institution/Holder file: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum object identifier: 15189

Collector: Sourced by: Aboriginal Creations

Coordinates: 15°17'35.401200"S,145°06'33.001200"E  (-15.293167, 145.109167)

Media copyright: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Hope Vale, Cape York region, Queensland, per Google maps

URL institution: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/?record=ecatalogue.15189

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman