UQAM464

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

Description: Message stick

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Fitzroy Crossing or Hall's Creek, Kimberley region, Western Australia

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Donated: 1948

Institution/Holder file: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum object identifier: 464

Collector: Mr Barnard E. Bardwell

Coordinates: 18°47'49.300800"S,126°31'59.300400"E  (-18.797028, 126.533139)

Media copyright: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum

Notes on coordinates: Approximate mid point on the Great Northern Hwy (1) between Fitzroy Crossing and Hall's Creek, per Google maps

URL institution: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/?record=ecatalogue.464

Notes: UQ Anthropology Museum website: "Originally registered as a 'pointing stick', but identified in 1999 as a message stick by Alan West (valuer). The Foundation Donation comprises the items from L. P. Winterbotham's personal collection, which were donated to the University of Queensland in 1948 and form the basis of the Anthropology Museum."

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman