SAM_A_14534

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum; made of wood, incised; paired wooden sticks connected together with human hair string; one end resin hafted to the mid section of the stick, the other simply tied. Original SAM register description: "MESSAGE STICK sent to Eucla natives; made by "George Money" Kukatah at Penalumba. 2 long rows marks = no. of people at Ooldea; 2 other rose those at Pentomba + Penalumba; 2 = old couples 1= George. These people are to meet for a ceremony to be organized by George. Had same explanation given by people at Koonibba to whom it was shown" This message stick is paired with SAM_A_14533

Message: «Meet for ceremony with Ooldea, Pentomba and Penalumba mobs with old couples»

Creator of Object: sender: "George Money" Kukatah at Penalumba recipient: Eucla natives

Date Created: 1929

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: SA

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Wirangu Austlang: C1 - Wirangu Glottolog: wira1265

Notes on linguistic areas: Wirrangu is the "Name: (Cultural Associations) LANGUAGE" provided by the South Australian Museum The origin of the message stick is Koonibba, West Coast, South Australia

Semantic domains: sd_ceremony

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition Date: 10. Mai 1929

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-14534

Collector: Purchased from: Hoff, C.

Coordinates: 31°54'7.099200"S,133°25'39.500400"E  (-31.901972, 133.427639)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute cooridantes for Koonibba, South Australia. Wikipedia: Koonibba is a locality and an associated Aboriginal community in South Australia located about 586 km northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about 38 km northwest of the municipal seat in Ceduna and 5 km north of the Eyre Highway.

Notes: 24.10.23 NR: Original SAM register description: "MESSAGE STICK sent to Eucla natives; made by "George Money" Kukatah at Penalumba. 2 long rows marks = no. of people at Ooldea; 2 other rose those at Pentomba + Penalumba; 2 = old couples 1= George. These people are to meet for a ceremony to be organized by George. Had same explanation given by people at Koonibba to whom it was shown" This message stick is paired with SAM_A_14533

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman, Piers Kelly