MusV_X_26935

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

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

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: 20mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Materials: wood

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 26935

Collector: Patrick Cahill – Paddy Cahill Collection, donated

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 26935, 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"

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman

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