MAGNT_ABETH-0543

Title: A message stick from Melville Island held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Creator of Object: July

Date Created: 1970

Notes on date created: 1965-1970

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

State/Territory: NT

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

Notes on linguistic areas: Milikapiti (Snake Bay)

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi_melville

Institution/Holder file: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Collector: Dr Helen Groger-Wurm

Coordinates: 11°24'16.999200"S,130°40'40.800000"E  (-11.404722, 130.678)

Media copyright: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Snake Bay

Notes: From catalogue: "Item: message stick. Category: communication message stick. Artison: July. Language Group: Tiwi. Area: Snake Bay, Melville Island. Coll by: Dr Helen Groger-Wurm. Acquired: Donated to museum Date: 1965-1970 Date: 1975. History of Item: These artifacts along with bark paintings abart 250-514 were collected by Dr. Groger-Wurm A.I.A.S. Canberra on behalf of N.T. Welfare Branch in Darwin between 1965-70. These went to the Institute of Anatomy Canberra for research and were then returned to the NT Museum for the permanent collection in 1975 "

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly