MusV_X_26933

Title: A message stick from Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) in Museums Victoria

Description: MusV object description, PDF: "A short section of wood incised with linear patterns." X 26933, Message stick, Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Registered Cahill, Patrick (Donation, 22 Aug 1918) Paddy Cahill Collection Oenpelli Northern Territory

Date Created: 1918

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (registered 22 August 1918)

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: NT

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)

Dimension 1: 100mm Dimension 2: 30mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 26933

Collector: Patrick Cahill – donation, Paddy Cahill Collection.

Place collected: Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)

Coordinates: 12°19'36.300000"S,133°03'10.299600"E  (-12.32675, 133.052861)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Gunbalanya, Northern Territory, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Gunbalanya (also spelt Kunbarlanja, and historically referred to as Oenpelli) is an Aboriginal Australian town in west Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, about 300 kilometres east of Darwin. The main language spoken in the community is Kunwinjku (a dialect of Bininj Kunwok).

Notes: MusV data: X 26933, Message stick, Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Registered Cahill, Patrick (Donation, 22 Aug 1918) Paddy Cahill Collection Oenpelli Northern Territory Original register: "Message Sticks" 1918-08-22 (registered)

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman

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