GML_Au3780

Title: A message stick from Northern Territory held in the Grassi Museum Leipzig

Description: Stab aus dunklerem Holz mit eingravierten Zickzack-Linien [A stick made of dark wood with carved zigzag lines]. The message stick is a part of the collection of the Grassi Museum Leipzig, catalogue Au3780

Date Created: 1963

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: NT

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Angas Downs Station, Northern Territory

Dimension 1: 400mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1963

Institution/Holder file: The Grassi Museum Leipzig object identifier: Au3780

Collector: Donated by: Fred Rose

Coordinates: 25°02'4.099200"S,132°16'26.400000"E  (-25.034472, 132.274)

Media copyright: The Grassi Museum Leipzig

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Angus Downs Homestead, Northern Territory. Wikipedia: Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an Aboriginal Australian-owned 320,500-hectare pastoral lease, within the MacDonnell Shire area, 300 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman