BURRUWAL2018

Title: Bob Burruwal message stick from Maningrida

Description: A message stick manufactured by Bob Burruwal at Maningrida in 2018.

Creator of Object: Bob Burruwal

Date Created: 2018

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

Subtype: replicative_traditional

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Gunwinggu Austlang: N70 - Kune Glottolog: gune1238

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Maningrida

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_west

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: mak

Sources:

Email from MG to Piers Kelly, 6 August 2018.

Coordinates: 12°11'56.400000"S,134°27'24.400800"E  (-12.199, 134.456778)

Notes on coordinates: PK's best guess for Angabarrbirri/Ankebarrbirri outstation where Bob and Lena currently reside and where the message stick was made.

Notes: MG wrote on 6 August 2018: "A couple of months ago I was in Maningrida with a film crew recording some traditional stories from a husband and wife couple who are both artists [Bob Burruwal and Lena Yarinkura]. They told a nice story about fire drives, spirit beings and the invitations that go out to other groups to join in the kangaroo drives. They made a message stick to show us how people were invited to these events and we filmed them talking about the stick and its significance. One thing I could never really get anyone to explain however, is the meanings of the individual marks on the sticks and the repertoire of such marks and their meanings. We didn’t get to that level of analysis. I am supposed to be transcribing this material over the next couple of months, so I would be happy to send you a copy." PK: Bob has multiple linguistic affiliations but Kune is his 'official' one.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly