SAM_A_44056

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

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. Linguistic area is inferred from river.

Cultural region: TopEnd

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-44056

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 assigned to a wide bend in Katherine River. A more accurate location could potentially be obtained from Gillen's diary.

Notes: AR: SAM register, originally accessioned as A3851, a group of 5 message sticks

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski

Related Entries: SAM_A_3851, SAM_A_44053, SAM_A_44054, SAM_A_44055