SAM_A_44672

Title: A message stick made in Yirrkala referring to Yalangbara, held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Message: From SAM excel spreadsheet: "Message-stick; according to Banduk Marika, Mawalan Two Marika and Geoff Bagshaw (13 September 1999) this object would have been made at Yirrkala, but the site referring to Port Bradshaw [Yalangbara]" Note that the original handwritten register does not carry additional information.

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Dhangu Austlang: N192 - Dhangu Glottolog: dhan1270

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Yirrkala [site is Yalangbara (Port Bradshaw)], Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-44672

Collector: Exchanged, Waterman, Dr & Mrs R.A.

Coordinates: 12°28'48.799200"S,136°42'52.498800"E  (-12.480222, 136.714583)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Approximate coordinates for Port Bradshaw (Yalangbara)

Notes: SAM spreadsheet: "According to Banduk Marika, Mawalan Two Marika and Geoff Bagshaw (13 September 1999) this object would have been made at Yirrkala, but the site referring to Port Bradshaw [Yalangbara]" AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski