Coordinates WGS8414°03'S, 136°37'E
-14.05, 136.61

MM0_9722_34

Title: A message stick held in the Manchester Museum

Description: Message stick. Incised on both sides with diagonal lines and parallel lines.

Date Created: 1952

Notes on date created: Made in 1952 for donor.

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: NT

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Australia, Northern Territory, Gulf of Carpentaria, Groote Eylandt

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Field Collection: 1952

Institution/Holder file: The Manchester Museum object identifier: 0.9722/34

Collector: Worsley, Prof P M (The University of Manchester)

Coordinates: 14°03'11.264400"S,136°36'44.694000"E  (-14.053129, 136.612415)

Media copyright: The Manchester Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, per Google maps.

Notes: 30.5.24 NR: information was collected from three very mixed up documents, provided by the Manchester Museum while their online search tool is offline.

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman