CPM1958P106F5E

Title: A message stick from Darwin, reproduced by Mountford (1958)

Description: Fig. 5E is a secular message stick sent to an aboriginal, Marawani, who was on a visit to Darwin, asking him to bring back the following goods; a, tobacco, h, matches, c, a pipe, d, a calico loin cloth, e, a pair of short trousers, f, a shirt, g, sugar, h, tea, and j, flour. (106-107)

Message: Fig. 5E is a secular message stick sent to an aboriginal, Marawani, who was on a visit to Darwin, asking him to bring back the following goods; a, tobacco, h, matches, c, a pipe, d, a calico loin cloth, e, a pair of short trousers, f, a shirt, g, sugar, h, tea, and j, flour. (106-107)

Date Created: 1954

Notes on date created: Year of the National Geographic Expedition to Melville Island

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

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Tiwi Austlang: N20 - Tiwi Glottolog: tiwi1244

Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Larrakia Austlang: N21 - Larrakia Glottolog: lara1258

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with a person named Marawani who was on a visit to Darwin

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi

Sources:

Charles P. Mountford (1958). The Tiwi: their Art Myth and Ceremony. London Phoenix Melbourne: Georgian House.

Source types: book

Coordinates: 11°40'43.784400"S,130°50'7.332000"E  (-11.678829, 130.83537)

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Tiwi

Media Files:

Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly