AMus_E016695

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: AMus spreadsheet Oct 2022: "E016695 10 Jun 1907 message stick COMMUNICATION & MEDIA Australia Western Australia Mid West Murchison Murchison, W A [ref reg] Purchase Smith, Mr George"

Date Created: 1907

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Watjarri Austlang: A39 - Wajarri / Wadjarri Glottolog: waja1257

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Murchison, Mid West, Western Australia. This is within Watjarri country.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Registration Date: 10-06-1907

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E016695

Coordinates: 26°08'6.601200"S,116°10'28.999200"E  (-26.135167, 116.174722)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Murchison proper

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=18976&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly