| Coordinates WGS84 | 12°15'S, 136°54'E -12.25, 136.89 |
CPM1956P474F68_CD
Title: A message stick from Yirrkala reproduced in Mountford's "Art, myth and symbolism" (1956)
Description: A message stick from Yirrkala, two sides depicted in illustration.
Date Created: 1948
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem. American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)
State/Territory: NT
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Yirrkala
Source types: book
Date collected: 1948
Collector: Charles P Mountford and AASEAL
Place collected: Yirrkala
Coordinates: 12°15'10.000800"S,136°53'30.001200"E (-12.252778, 136.891667)
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Yirrkala, Northern Territory, per Google maps.
Notes: On page 471 of 'Art, Myth and Symbolism', Mountford writes that Fig 68C, D was one of three unidentified sticks from Yirrkala that were "included to indicate additional designs employed on the message stick of that locality." Figure designed by Jean Truran
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Data Entry: Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman
Related Entries: CPM1956P468F65_AB, CPM1956P468F65_EF, CPM1956P470F66_AB, CPM1956P470F66_C, CPM1956P470F66_D, CPM1956P470F66_EF, CPM1956P470F66_GH, CPM1956P472F67_AF, CPM1956P472F67_B, CPM1956P472F67_CE, CPM1956P472F67_DG, CPM1956P474F68_AB, CPM1956P474F68_E, CPM1956P474F68_F