BM_Oc1981_15_14

Title: A message stick from South Australia held in the British Museum

Description: British Museum catalogue: "Message stick with incised design of wood, gum.". Curator's comments: Wood message stick, gum on one end circular cross section.Writing on one side:-"MUSGRAVE RANGE S AUST '34"14-17. MUSGRAVE RANGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.

Date Created: 1934

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: SA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Musgrave Ranges, South Australia

Dimension 1: 194mm Dimension 2: 13mm Dimension 3: 12mm

Materials: gum, wood

Techniques: incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Collected: 1934 Acquisition date: 1981

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1981,15.14

Collector: Donated by: Dr Cecil John Hackett Curator's comments: "Wood message stick, gum on one end circular cross section. Writing on one side:-"MUSGRAVE RANGE S AUST '34" 14-17. MUSGRAVE RANGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA."

Coordinates: 26°19'13.198800"S,131°44'38.198400"E  (-26.320333, 131.743944)

Media copyright: The British Museum

Notes on coordinates: Random coordinates along the Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Musgrave Ranges is a mountain range in Central Australia, straddling the boundary of South Australia (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) and the Northern Territory (MacDonnell Shire), extending into Western Australia.

URL institution: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=489500&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&page=1

IRN: EOC26532

Notes: Curator's comments: Collected 1934. Register 1981 Additional IDs: Oc1981N15.15 (pre-registration EO3 entry form and record no.) 1.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: BM_Oc1981_15_15, BM_Oc1981_15_16, BM_Oc1981_15_17