BM_Oc1925_1117_19

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

Description: Message stick made of wood.

Date Created: 1925

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Tiwi Austlang: N20 - Tiwi Glottolog: tiwi1244

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi_melville

Dimension 1: 164mm Dimension 2: 25mm Dimension 3: 9mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1925

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1925,1117.19

Collector: Purchased from: Mrs Jessie Sinclair Litchfield

Coordinates: 11°27'4.298400"S,131°02'8.199600"E  (-11.451194, 131.035611)

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

Notes on coordinates: Melville island (approximate centre, on Jessie River)

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=499524&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

IRN: EOC16273

Notes: PK: No new images to request from British Museum 28.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly