AMus_E061699

Title: A message stick held in the Australian Museum

Date Created: 1965

Notes on date created: Exact date: 1965-04-29

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Ngandi Austlang: N90 - Ngandi Glottolog: ngan1295

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Rose River, Arnhem, Northern Territory, Australia; The Rose river flows through Ngandi country so this is the best estimate for a linguistic area

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The Australian Museum object identifier: E061699

Coordinates: 14°03'47.998800"S,135°21'42.901200"E  (-14.063333, 135.361917)

Media copyright: The Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: An approximate central point along the Rose River

URL institution: http://collections.australianmuseum.net.au/amweb/pages/am/Display.php?irn=30585&QueryPage=%2Famweb%2Fpages%2Fam%2FQuery.php&highlight_term=message+stick

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly