SAM_A_13864

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

Description: Message stick with no message written, the message was only passed in verbal form, the collection of the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1927

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Flinders Island Austlang: Y147 - Walmbarddha

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Flinders Island, Queensland "Walmbaria"

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date Collected: 04. Feb 1927

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-13864

Collector: Collected by: Hale, H.M. & Tindale, N.B.; South Australian Museum Expedition

Coordinates: 14°11'6.500400"S,144°15'53.200800"E  (-14.185139, 144.264778)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Flinders Island, Queensland, per Google maps.

Notes: 11.10.23 NR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman