MusV_X_96603

Title: A message stick from the Daly River in Museums Victoria

Description: MV Object description: "Wood. Incised pattern at both ends." X 96603, Message stick, Daly River, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia, Registered Cole, Mr Percival C (Purchase, 17 Jul 1940) Percival C. Cole Collection Daly River Northern Territory

Date Created: 1940

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (registered 17 July 1940)

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: NT

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Daly River, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia

Dimension 1: 710mm Dimension 2: 20mm Dimension 3: 20mm

Materials: wood

Institution/Holder file: Museums Victoria object identifier: X 96603

Collector: Percival C Cole (purchased)

Coordinates: 13°42'48.499200"S,130°40'12.500400"E  (-13.713472, 130.670139)

Media copyright: Museums Victoria

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Daly River (town), Northern Territory, per Google maps.

Notes: MusV data: "X 96603, Message stick, Daly River, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia, Registered Cole, Mr Percival C (Purchase, 17 Jul 1940) Percival C. Cole Collection Daly River Northern Territory " Secondary comments, MV PDF: "Originally, there were four sticks register as X 45154. Three have since been re-registered, X 96603 - X 96605, during the Collection Preparation survey, 28/08/1997."

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: MusV_X_45154, MusV_X_96604, MusV_X_96605