SAM_A_36811

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1947

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Northern Territory, Australia”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 13 July 1947

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-36811

Collector: Purchased from: Wood, Mrs Vera; dealer, Adelaide; S. Newland

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes: 19.10.23 NR: According to SAM original register - described as "Letter stick"; in the remarks field - E658 "very rare".

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman