message stick

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Object Type
Museum number: Oc1900,0723.57
Description: Message stick, of wood, coloured red, rounded at one end. Incsied with lines.
Production ethnic group
Production date: 19thC(late)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Cairns, From an Aboriginal camp near railway line near Cairns.
Materials
Technique: incised; pigmented
Dimensions: Height: 9.10 centimetres; Width: 2.20 centimetres; Depth: 1.10 centimetres
Curator's comments: Register slip comment: 'Cairns district. Chokay or stick; a record of five months and list of names. (!!)'. Letter from Handley Feb 4/96 indicates: 'No. 1: A record of five months time & a list of names his males during the 5 months'.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc1900,0723.57

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