BERNDT1988_0069

Title: A message stick from the Murchison region in the Berndt Museum

Description: From catalogue: "Cylindrical stick incised with shapes infilled with dots. 18.5 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm."

Item type: message stick in a private 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.

Dimension 1: 185mm Dimension 2: 200mm Dimension 3: 20mm

Institution/Holder file: Berndt Museum object identifier: 1988/0069

Collector: Willcox, C. G. & L.

Place collected: Murchison, Mid West

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

Media copyright: Berndt Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Murchison, WA

Data Entry: Piers Kelly