Coordinates WGS8414°29'S, 126°38'E
-14.48, 126.63

PMH326870_D4045

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