UQAM24176

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

Description: Message stick. Physical Description: Rectangular with slightly curved ends. It is covered entirely with a red ochre. On one side is a zig zag design from end to end and on the other are 21 vertical lines also from end to end which have been etched into the wood.

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Mornington Island, Gulf region, Queensland, Australia

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Unknown

Institution/Holder file: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum object identifier: 24176

Collector: Collected and donated by: Professor Paul Memmott

Coordinates: 16°30'56.498400"S,139°24'18.201600"E  (-16.515694, 139.405056)

Media copyright: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Mornington Island, Queensland, per Google maps

URL institution: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/?record=ecatalogue.24176

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman