PRM1898_75_56

Title: A message stick from the Sherlock River granting permission to hunt on the tableland

Description: Passport (message-bearer) used to allow members of local tribe to hunt on the tableland. [DCF Court Team 14/2/2003]

Message: «permission to hunt on the tableland»

Date Created: 1898

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Sherlock River, Western Australia

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: Marben

Dimension 1: 235mm

Institution/Holder file: Pitt Rivers Museum object identifier: 1898.75.56

Collector: Field collector Emile Louis Bruno Clement (uncertain) PRM source Emile Louis Bruno Clement

Coordinates: 20°42'36.000000"S,117°33'6.998400"E  (-20.71, 117.551944)

Media copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinated for the Sherlock River Head, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Sherlock River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman