BM_Oc1930_0204_6

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

Description: Letter stick, message stick made of wood.

Message: 1930 Register comment: Invitation to corroboree, possibly ?? (illegible).

Date Created: 1930

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

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: 82mm Dimension 2: 14mm Dimension 3: 11mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1930

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1930,0204.6

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: Approximate coordinates for centre of Melville Island

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=498555&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&images=true&page=1

IRN: EOC17247

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

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup