BM_Oc1905_166

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. Linguistic area is inferred from Victoria River. "Production ethnic group: Yangman (an Australian Aboriginal language group from the Roper and Victoria River districts, Northern Territory). Also known as: Yungman; Yungmun; Yung-munni; Yungmanni; Yungmunee; Yungmunnee; Jongman; Jungman."

Cultural region: TopEnd

Dimension 1: 140mm Dimension 2: 20mm Dimension 3: 17mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1905

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1905,-.166

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 coordinates for Victoria River, Northern Territory, per Google maps

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=504912&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

URL source 1: https://archive.org/stream/handbooktoethnog00brit#page/114/mode/2up

IRN: EOC10863

Notes: OT: Additional IDs: Oc1905C3.166 (old CDMS no.) PK: No new images to request from BM 4.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman