UQAM40312

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

Description: Message stick. Physical Description: Flat smooth wood, tapering to a point at either end. Remnants of feathers attached at one end with twine and resin.

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

Dimension 1: 490mm Dimension 2: 40mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Unknown

Institution/Holder file: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum object identifier: 40312

Collector: Donated and collected by: Mr John Bartholomew

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.40312

Notes: UQ Anthropology Museum website: "Donor noted that these message sticks were only carried as proof of identity, with no inherent message in the item."

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman