GML_Au3784

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

Description: Botenstab (nulla-nulla) aus hellem Holz, mit eingebrachten Mustern. Moderne Arbeit [A message stick (nulla-nulla) made of light wood with patterns carved on its surface] "Ist wohl eher die Nachbildung einen richtigen Nulla-Nulla, denn solche Botenstäbe sind in diesem Gebiet nicht benutzt wurden, sodass das Objekt spricht für Nachbildung, da es ja eine Anreiz für den Tourismus" Translation: "The artifact is more likely to be a copy of a real Nulla-nulla, considering the fact that such message sticks are not used in this area. Thus, the object is probably an imitation that is aimed at attracting the tourists" (transl. Olena Tykhostup) The stick is a part of the collection of the Grassi Museum Leipzig, catalogue Au 3784

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

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

Dimension 1: 275mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1963

Institution/Holder file: The Grassi Museum Leipzig object identifier: Au 3784

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.

Notes: Style is typical of the punu being produced in the 1960s at Angas Downs (see Palmer, Shannyn. 2016. (un)making Angas Downs. Canberra: Australian National University PhD dissertation.)

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman