Coordinates WGS84 | 14°29'S, 126°38'E -14.48, 126.63 |
Title: A message stick held in the Peabody Museum Harvard
Description: PMH online catalogue: "Death message stick" INVENTORY DESCRIPTION: "Ornament, carved wood, cylindrical with tapered end, burned design"
Message: Death message stick
Date Created: 1906
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: traditional
State/Territory: WA
Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Miwa Austlang: K44 - Miwa Glottolog: miwa1242
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Mt. Leming, King Edward, Australia. From online catalogue: "Geo-Locale: Mt. Leming; King Edward" This is probably a typo and what is meant is Mt Leeming, King Edward River. At Mt Leeming the river is called Drysdale River but it is the same watercourse as King Edward River. This places it in Miwa country.
Cultural region: WA_kimberley
Dimension 1: 271mm Dimension 2: 11mm Dimension 3: 12mm
Materials: pigment, wood
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: 1906
Institution/Holder file: Peabody Museum Harvard object identifier: 32-68-70/D4045
Collector: Sold By: Unknown (04/11/1932-05/09/1932) Collector: Penn Museum (1906) CREDIT LINE: Museum Purchase, Museum Improvements Fund, 1932
Coordinates: 14°28'49.299600"S,126°38'2.900400"E (-14.480361, 126.634139)
Media copyright: Peabody Museum Harvard For rights and reproductions requests, see https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/about/rightspermissions
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Mt Leeming
URL institution: https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/
Notes: 27.02.2024 PK: No new information in accession documents provided by PMH
Media Files:
Data Entry: Julia Bespamyatnykh, Piers Kelly