NBT1926P133FCD

Title: A message stick from Groote Eylandt sketched by Tindale

Description: Tindale, Norman B. 1926. "Natives of Groote Eylandt and of the west coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria: Part II." Records of the South Australian Museum 3 (2):103-134.: "Fig 64. c and d show both faces of a carved message stick, made from a piece of cypress pine" p.133

Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)

Subtype: traditional

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Anindilyakwa Austlang: N151 - Anindilyakwa Glottolog: anin1240

Cultural region: TopEnd_groote

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

Notes on coordinates: Chirila coordinates for Anindilyakwa

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly