SAM_A_44052

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Item type: message stick in a collection

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Binbinka Austlang: N138 - Binbinka Glottolog: binb1242

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is MacArthur River, Northern Territory, Australia. Linguistic area is inferred from river.

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-44052

Collector: Donated by: Stretton, W.G.

Coordinates: 16°05'0.898800"S,136°19'17.601600"E  (-16.083583, 136.321556)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Point assigned to Macarthur River at a large bend near Borroloola

Notes: AR: SAM register. One of 6 message sticks originally accessioned as A3853.

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski

Related Entries: SAM_A_3853, SAM_A_44048, SAM_A_44049, SAM_A_44050, SAM_A_44051