WER1897PXVIIIF331

Title: Sketch of a message stick requesting pituri, sketched by W.E. Roth (1897), and by M. Frank (1940). Possibly at the Australian Museum but misfiled.

Description: Sketch of one message stick (pXVIII, Fig.331) on plate XVIII of “Ethnological studies” by W. E. Roth. Sketch of message stick (fig. 29) on p. 345 in Maria Frank's "Botenstäbe in Australien"

Message: Forwarded when pituri was required. A= Pilliou Creek, B = Carlo, C = Glenormiston, D = Herbert Downs, E = Boulia. (Roth, p. 137) "So ist vom Karanya-Stamm in Queensland ein Reiseweg fur die Pituri-Expedition nach Boulia angegeben (77, PI. XVIII). A. Bedeutet den Pillion-Creek, B. Carlo. C. Glenormiston. D. Herbert Downs und E. den Ort Boulia (Fig. 29)." (Frank, p.342)

Creator of Object: Sender: Karanya

Date Created: 1897

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Karanya Austlang: L32 - Karanya

Notes on linguistic areas: Made by a Karanya

Semantic domains: sd_item_pituri, sd_journey, sd_place, sd_request, sd_request_item_pituri

Sources:

Frank, Maria. 1940. "Botenstäbe in Australien."

Roth, Walter Edmund. 1897. Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland Aborigines. Brisbane: Edmund Gregory.

Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 72 (4/6): 328-352.

Collector: Walter Edmund Roth

Coordinates: 23°52'13.177200"S,139°40'30.680400"E  (-23.870327, 139.675189)

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Karanya

URL source 1: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029890328#page/n257

URL source 2: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029890328#page/n159

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Julia Bespamyatnykh