Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum
Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: "E010635 14 May 1902 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Mid West Murchison District, W.A. [ref reg] Purchase Connelly, Mr John Francis"
Date Created: 1902
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: WA
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Mid West, Western Australia
Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: pamparu ("Bambaroo")
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Registration Date: 14-05-1902
Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E010635
Media copyright: The Australian Museum
Notes: REGISTER
Date: May 15, 1902
Name or Description: Message stick
Locality: Murchison WA
How Acquired: Purch.
Name of Donor or Seller: J. F. Connelly
Estimated or Market Value:
Destination:
Remarks: "Bambaroo" or "yinmal"
OTHER NOTES
18.03.2026 PK: possible that yinma is for a tjurunga. This is because E010630 and E010631 from the same collector are listed as "Ceremony Churingai ?(Bullroarers)" with the term yinmarrie" written in the 'Remarks' field
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly