WER1897PXVIIIF336A

Title: A message stick from Queensland reproduced by W.E. Roth (1897) and M. Frank (1940)

Description: Sketch of two facets of one message stick (fig. 336 A) on plate XVIII of “Ethnological studies” by W. E. Roth Sketch of message stick (fig. 1) on p. 345 in Maria Frank's "Botenstäbe in Australien"

Creator of Object: Sender: "a Kalkadoon boy from Gunpowder Creek to his gin (in the service of Mr. E. McDonnell)" (p. 138)

Date Created: 1894

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

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

Subtype: traditional_context

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Kalkatungu Austlang: G13 - Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon Glottolog: kalk1246

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Normanton, Queensland

Materials: wood

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: 19°18'37.900800"S,139°49'55.200000"E  (-19.310528, 139.832)

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for approximate location along the Gunpowder Creek, Queensland, per Google maps - I chose to use this location as in the description of the item it is mentioned that the origin of the stick is Gunpowder Creek. Note that the item is listed under the "Linguistics Notes" filed as Normanton, Queensland. The coordinates for Normanton, Queensland are 17°40'27.0"S 141°04'26.3"E.

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

URL source 2: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029890328#page/n161

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman