| Coordinates WGS84 | 15°S, 143°E -15.00, 143.00 |
amsd_00035
Title: Sketch of a message stick by Hamlyn-Harris (1918)
Description: Sketch of message stick on p. 27 of "On messages and "Message Sticks" employed among the Queensland Aborigines" by R. Hamlyn-Harris: "It is not an easy matter to determine the kind of wood from which this stick has beed made. It is not at all unlike that it may be a piece of Hibiscus brachysiphonius, which is recorded by Hey as being used in the Gulf districts for this purpose. Being, however, desirous of procuring an expert opinion. [...] This stick has a number of "square cuts" and a few "black cuts which are distinct and are evidently intended to convey a meaning of their own. The two surfaces between the rows of marks are ochre in red. Message unknown."
Date Created: 1918
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)
State/Territory: QLD
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Cape York Peninsula
Dimension 1: 242mm Dimension 2: 19mm
Materials: wood
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Coordinates: 15°S,143°E (-15.0, 143.0)
Notes on coordinates: Approximate coordinates for Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, per google maps
URL source 1: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47577#page/51/mode/1up
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Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman