BM_Oc1981_15_15

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

Description: British Museum catalogue: Message stick with incised design. Made of wood, gum.

Date Created: 1935

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: 250mm Dimension 2: 14mm Dimension 3: 12mm

Materials: gum, wood

Techniques: incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Collected in: 1934 Acquisition date: 1981 Curator's comments: "Another similar [to Oc1981,15.14]. Writing:"MUSGRAVE RANGES234-SAUST" 14-17. MUSGRAVE RANGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA."

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1981,15.15

Collector: Donated by: Dr Cecil John Hackett

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=489499&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&page=1

IRN: EOC26533

Notes: Curator's comments: Another similar [to Oc1981,15.14].Writing:"MUSGRAVE RANGES234-SAUST"14-17. MUSGRAVE RANGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. Additional IDs: Oc1981N15.16 (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_14, BM_Oc1981_15_16, BM_Oc1981_15_17