BM_Oc1905_164

Title: A message stick from Northern Territory held in the British Museum

Description: Message stick made of wood.

Date Created: 1905

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Ngarinyman Austlang: C27 - NGARINYMAN Glottolog: ngar1235

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Victoria River, Northern Territory (Australia). Production ethnic group: Yangman. Also known as: Yungman; Yungmun; Yung-munni; Yungmanni; Yungmunee; Yungmunnee; Jongman; Jungman.

Cultural region: TopEnd

Dimension 1: 109mm Dimension 2: 22mm Dimension 3: 22mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1905

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1905,-.164

Collector: Donated by: Joseph Bradshaw

Coordinates: 16°42'37.699200"S,130°31'19.898400"E  (-16.710472, 130.522194)

Media copyright: The British Museum British Museum Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Notes on coordinates: Approximate point in the Victoria River, Northern Territory, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Victoria River is a river in the bioregion of Victoria Bonaparte in the Northern Territory of Australia. It flows for 560 kilometres from its source south of the Judbarra / Gregory National Park to the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in the Timor Sea

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=486941&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

IRN: EOC29165

Notes: OT: Additional IDs: Oc1905C3.163-164 (old CDMS no.) PK: No more images to request from BM. 5.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman