NMA1985_0077_0100

Title: A message stick held in the National Museum of Australia

Description: Tapered wooden message stick, with dots and bands of white pigment around the circumference, and adhesive at the narrow end.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1931

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Kamu Austlang: N33 - Kamu Glottolog: kamu1258

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd

Dimension 1: 1190mm Dimension 2: 30mm

Materials: pigment, resin - non specific, wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 1931

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0077.0100

Collector: Gerhardt Laves collection

Coordinates: 13°42'45.698400"S,130°41'12.098400"E  (-13.712694, 130.686694)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Daly River (town)

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=16569

IRN: 16569

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup