MAGNT_ABETH_0650

Title: A message stick made by Barney Two, from Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Creator of Object: Barney Two

Date Created: 1965

Notes on date created: Exact date: 1965-10-07

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: The origin of the message stick is Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island

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 MAGNT catalogue: "Collected by Dr Helen Groger-Wurm AIAS Canberra on behalf of NT 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