SAM_A_34255

Title: A message stick from an unknown region, calling for a large assembly

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Message: Register says 'Call for large assembly'

Date Created: 1945

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Australia”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area. From catalogue: "Australia, No Data"

Cultural region: unlocalisable

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: Apr 1945

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-34255

Collector: Purchased from: Cook collection

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes: SAM has provided images, but permission not yet secured to append to AMSD: SAM-A34255_Front.tif SAM-A34255_Notation.tif SAM-A34255_Reverse SAM-A34255_Side_01 PK: It has resin at both ends and it has a similar appearance to message sticks from Ooldea Soak. AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski