PM1979P131F3_3

Title: Message stick from Mornington Island in Memmott (1979)

Description: Memmott (1979, p131): "3.3 An example of a ‘map stick’ made by Lardil man Fred Jaurth as a gift for the author. It depicts places in Lardil lands where he and the author travelled recording traditional geography. The rectangles represent a series of underwater caves at which flood making ceremonies were carried out. It is not an object that was traditionally used by the Lardil. The visual style of the marks is borrowed from nearby mainland tribal groups."

Message: Memmott (1979, p131): "It depicts places in Lardil lands where he and the author travelled recording traditional geography. The rectangles represent a series of underwater caves at which flood making ceremonies were carried out. It is not an object that was traditionally used by the Lardil. The visual style of the marks is borrowed from nearby mainland tribal groups."

Memmott (1979, p132):"An example of one of these sticks is to be seen in Figure 3.3. It shows places in and near F.J.’s country, and features the flood making story place at pitjinatji off the east coast of Sydney Island. The series of seven rectangles represent the underwater rock caves or openings to which white ochre is taken to induce a flood. "

Creator of Object: Fred Jarrarr [Fred Jaurth]

Item type: message stick in a collection

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Lardil Austlang: G38 - Lardil Glottolog: lard1243

Coordinates: 16°31'3.000000"S,139°24'21.200400"E  (-16.5175, 139.405889)

Notes on coordinates: Approximate coordinates for the centre of Mornington Island

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly