SAM_A_16448

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Message: Handwritten SAM register notes: "'dead one' i.e. message lost"

Date Created: 1931

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Ganalbingu Austlang: N83 - Ganhalpuyngu Glottolog: gana1269

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Castlereagh Bay, Northern Territory, Australia. Ganalbingu is an approximate guess for the language of Castlereagh Bay

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition Date: 31. Mrz 1931

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-16448

Collector: Shepherdson, H.U.

Coordinates: 12°14'57.001200"S,135°08'12.598800"E  (-12.249167, 135.136833)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Very approximate coordinates for landward side of Castlereagh Bay

Notes: AR: Checked against SAM register, but PK has already done this.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman