BM_Oc1981_15_16

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: 144mm Dimension 2: 10mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Materials: gum, wood

Techniques: incised

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date: 1981

Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1981,15.16

Collector: Donated by: Dr Cecil John Hackett Curator's comments: "Register 1981: Another similar [to Oc1981,15.15]. 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=489498&partId=1&searchText=message+stick&page=1

IRN: EOC26534

Notes: Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Oc1981N15.17 (pre-registration EO3 entry form and record no.). 5.12.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: BM_Oc1981_15_14, BM_Oc1981_15_15, BM_Oc1981_15_17