AMSD - Message Stick RMV1321

Coordinates WGS84

21°18'S, 119°43'E
-21.30, 119.71

RMV1321_32

Title: A message stick held in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde

Description: RMV Catalogue: "Briefstok" [letter stick] (Gugina) message stick; For example, intended to invite others for a circumcision ceremony. Gnamo People, Nullagine district." "native name: cugina" Description from original Dutch card file (RMV1321_32-IK_1321-32.jpg): "Korte aanduiding: briefstokje (cugina). Beschrijving: in de vorm van een eilliptisch stuk bruin hout, beide zijden convex, doch de een meer dan de ander, die met snijwerk in de vorm van tot concentrische ruiten verenigde goreven id versierd." Description from Clement (1904): "193. Cugina, invitationstick; like 192, but of dark brown wood, and slightly bent; both sides convex, the one more than the other, the latter grooved all over; pattern of the ornament: concentric angles and rhomboids. Lg. 37, br. 4,5cm. [Inv. No. 1321/32]. Gnamo-tribe, Nullagine-district. Pl. IV, fig. 11."

Date Created: 1901

Notes on date created: ca.

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Nyamal Austlang: A58 - Nyamal Glottolog: nyam1271

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Western Australia "Gnamo People, Nullagine district."

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: kukina ('cugina', 'gugina')

Dimension 1: 270mm Dimension 2: 45mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde object identifier: RMV 1321-32

Coordinates: 21°18'2.599200"S,119°42'33.098400"E (-21.300722, 119.709194)