amsd_00038
Title: Sketch of a message stick from Central Queensland by Hamlyn-Harris (1918)
Description: Sketch of message stick on p. 28, Fig.20, of "On messages and "Message Sticks" employed among the Queensland Aborigines" by R. Hamlyn-Harris: "A stick of so-called "grey" gum with zigzag lines, lightly engraved, producing on account of their position a rather confused picture; the diamond-shaped figures have consequently too uncertain contours. Message unknown."
Date Created: 1918
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Central Queensland
Dimension 1: 154mm Dimension 2: 12-15mm
Materials: wood ("grey" gum)
Sources:
URL source 1: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47577#page/51/mode/1up
Media Files:
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh