AMus_E045662

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Description: Message stick / Letter Stick. Modern [ref reg]

Date Created: 1938

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Dhangu Austlang: N192 - Dhangu Glottolog: dhan1270

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Yirrkala, Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia. AMus pdf from 24.01.2023: "REGION: Arnhem; Yirrkala Mission Station, Caledon Bay"

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: unknown Accession date: 29 June 1938

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E045662

Collector: Purchased: Chaseling, Reverend Wilbur S

Coordinates: 12°15'10.000800"S,136°53'30.001200"E  (-12.252778, 136.891667)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Yirrkala

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=25735&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FAdvQuery.php&highlight_term=

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman