SAM_A_3851

Title: A message stick held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1918

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

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Dagoman Austlang: N38 - Dagoman Glottolog: dago1245

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 1911-1918

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-3851

Collector: Gillen, F.J.

Coordinates: 14°22'26.400000"S,132°21'47.901600"E  (-14.374, 132.363306)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Point taken at a wide bend in the Katherine River

Notes: Collected by F.J. Gillen. This could be associated with an expedition to improve location and contextual information. AR: SAM register lists 5 items. Also a note that "4 speciments re-numbered 44053 to 44056". The number reference to associated papers ("Series No") is semi-legible; possibly pencil used or later erased?

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski

Related Entries: SAM_A_44053, SAM_A_44054, SAM_A_44055, SAM_A_44056