PAHMA11_12235

Title: A message stick from Bathurst Island Mission at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley

Description: Catalogue description: "Whittling on stick ( message stick)"

Date Created: 1955

State/Territory: NT

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

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Bathurst Island Mission, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory.

Institution/Holder file: The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley object identifier: 11-12235; Acc.1150

Collector: Arnold R. Pilling and H. R. Balfour

Coordinates: 11°43'2.499600"S,130°24'27.100800"E  (-11.717361, 130.407528)

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Bathurst Island is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island. From 1910 to 1938 the island was the site of the Roman Catholic mission of Francis Xavier Gsell. www.findandconnect.gov.au: The Bathurst Island Mission run by the Roman Catholic Church opened in 1911. In September 1910 the Mission was granted a permit to occupy 10,000 acres of land on the South East corner of the Island. https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/entity/bathurst-island-mission/

URL institution: ark:/21549/hm21110012235

Notes: 21.04.23 PK: More information on this object might be found in Pilling, Arnold R. 1955. "1 box of archeological material from: Australia; New Zealand; and California. Accession no. 1150. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley." in PK's endnote files

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman