SAM_A_13117

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Tiwi Austlang: N20 - Tiwi Glottolog: tiwi1244

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi_melville

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-13117

Collector: Donated by: Pennifold, W.H., through Tindale

Coordinates: 11°27'4.298400"S,131°02'8.199600"E  (-11.451194, 131.035611)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Melville island (approximate centre, on Jessie River)

Notes: PK: Look up Tindale expedition to better contextualise and localise this object Note letter from Pennifold to Tindale AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski