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MliMOISS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Text-figure 7. 



Two views of a bean-shaped Queeusland message s( ick made of pine. 



(No. 2811; 55 mm. x 15 to 21 mm.) 



Further information unol)t;iinable. 



Text-figure 8. 



Obverse and reverse sides of a typical message stick from Roseburtli, Birdsville. 



(No. Q.E. 14/356; 162 mm. x 14 mm.) 



This stick is very roughly fa.shioned of pine wood, possesses no notches 

 hut only transverse lines cut on each side. Another .specimen from the same 

 locality is very similar, except that here and there there is a greater distance 

 between each cut. 



Text-figure 9. 



A rare form of message stick from tlie Gregory Kiver district. (.'\. Meston.) 



Cino mm. X 15 mm.; native name "Miiranda.") 



This interesting; stii'k is made of the wood of tlu; l)ean-ti-ee, and its whole 

 surface is marked with a faintly incised pattern heterogeneous to a great extent. 



The work ha.s heeii aecompli.sliiil with a iiuirsiipial incisor, and is extremely 

 faint in places. The ohvcrse side shows two notrhcs at tlnit portion oC the stick, 



