NMA1985_0165_0079

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

Description: Wooden message stick, carved and incised overall.

Creator of Object: Unknown

Date Created: 1969

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

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 Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi_melville

Dimension 1: 270mm Dimension 2: 30mm Dimension 3: 10mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The National Museum of Australia object identifier: 1985.0165.0079

Collector: A Morrison collection no. 1 Date received at Australian Institute of Anatomy: 1969

Coordinates: 11°40'43.798800"S,130°50'7.299600"E  (-11.678833, 130.835361)

Media copyright: The National Museum of Australia

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Tiwi. Coordinates for Melville Island, per google maps.

URL institution: http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/ce/message%20stick?&object=19379

IRN: 19379

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman