Title: A message stick held in the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum
Description: Message stick. Physical Description: Object is in a case. Dark brown, hardwood, rectangular in shape. One end is tapered (slight point, curved). The surface is very smooth. It has a very intricate design which is finely and delicately incised into the wood. The design appears to be of some animals and straight lines feature prominently.
Item type: message stick in a collection
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is unknown. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.
Dimension 1: 245mm Dimension 2: 30mm
Materials: wood
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Donated: 1948
Institution/Holder file: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum object identifier: 479
Collector: Donated by: Reverend W. Foxall
Media copyright: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum
URL institution: https://catalogue.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/?record=ecatalogue.479
Notes: UQ Anthropology Museum website: "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