NMA1985_0112_0201

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

Description: Carved and incised wooden message stick.

Creator of Object: Tuprukamiri

Date Created: 1965

Notes on date created: Exact date: 1965-10-09

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Tiwi Austlang: N20 - Tiwi Glottolog: tiwi1244

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is (Milikapiti) Snake Bay, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi_melville

Dimension 1: 555mm Dimension 2: 50mm Dimension 3: 45mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: 1965

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0112.0201

Collector: Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 (Dr Helen M. Groger-Wurn)

Coordinates: 11°24'16.999200"S,130°40'40.800000"E  (-11.404722, 130.678)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Snake Bay

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=18587

IRN: 18587

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup