SAM_A71219

Title: A message stick from Northern Territory held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Wooden painted message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1998

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is North-east Arnhem Land type, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition Date: Nov 1998 Date registered: 16. Dez 1998

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-71219

Collector: Purchased from: Adelaide Antique Auctions, Kent Town

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes: SAM has provided images but permission not yet secured to attach them to the AMSD: SAM-A71219_Front.tif SAM-A71219_Notation.tif SAM-A71219_Reverse.tif AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information added.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski