SAM_A_44066

Title: A message stick establishing diplomatic relations between groups in Wirangu Country and Yankunytjatjara Country, held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum, originally carried in a wallet

Message: AR: From the SAM register: '"wallet of emu feathers" worn as a chignon; in it was carried the message stick. Mr Maurice says the message was carried by his black boy Munjena, saying Fowler's Bay Tribe was friendly to the Musgrave & Everard Tribes." Wallet missing on 11.11.52'. PK: See article in Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56596550

Creator of Object: Sender: Munjena

Date Created: 1902

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: SA

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

Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Yankunytjatjara Austlang: C4 - Yankunytjatjara Glottolog: yank1247

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Fowlers Bay, South Australia, Australia (Wirangu Country) and it presumably travelled to the Musgrave Ranges (Yankunytjatjara Country) and Everard Ranges (APY Lands)

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-44066

Collector: Donated by: Maurice, R.T.

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: AR: From the SAM register: '"wallet of emu feathers" worn as a chignon; in it was carried the message stick. Mr Maurice says the message was carried by his black boy Munjena, saying Fowler's Bay Tribe was friendly to the Musgrave & Everard Tribes." Wallet missing on 11.11.52'. PK: See 1902. "A PRIVATE MUSEUM." Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), 25 November 1902, 5. Accessed 31 August 2023. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56596550.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski