UQAM40313

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: 40313

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.40313

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." Note that UQAM40312 has exactly same info and measurements

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: UQAM40312