SAM_A_45824

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1954

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (date entered in register is 12 April 1954)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional_context

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Maung Austlang: N64 - Mawng Glottolog: maun1240

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

Cultural region: TopEnd

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-45824

Collector: Donated by: Norman, H.A.

Coordinates: 11°33'37.000800"S,133°24'58.201200"E  (-11.560278, 133.416167)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Approximate mid point between the South and North Goulburn Islands, per Google maps.

Notes: AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information, apart from date that entered in register.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman

Related Entries: SAM_A_45825, SAM_A_45826