SAM_A_3825

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

Description: Message stick "coondooloo" from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1918

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1911-1918

Item type: message stick in a collection

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

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Fowlers Bay, South Australia

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: kuntulu

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 1911-1918

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-3825

Collector: Donated by: Wells, F. H.

Coordinates: 31°59'19.298400"S,132°26'13.599600"E  (-31.988694, 132.437111)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Fowlers Bay

Notes: PK: Had earlier included a note to "compare second syllable [of "kuntulu" with other records]" Not sure what I meant by this, unless there were attested forms of the variety kuntalu etc. Note that Chirila database has 'kuntala' as meaning 'conical tjurunga' in Kukatja, and 'music stick' in Jaru AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski