SAM_A_47135

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

Description: Wooden message stick from the South Australian Museum Register says: "Message stick, wooden. Locality: Melville Island. How acquired: Coll. From Whom acquired: C. P. Mountford. Mr Mountford's date: 28.8.1954. n.n. punundjiti. Abbreviated remarks from Mr. Mountford's note books: Represents waves breaking at the beach + fresh water seeping through the sand"

Date Created: 1954

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem (Charles Mountford's date of 28 August 1954)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: unknown

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Tiwi Austlang: N20 - Tiwi Glottolog: tiwi1244

Notes on linguistic areas: Tiwi is the name provided by the South Australian Museum in the field "Name: (Cultural Associations) LANGUAGE" The origin of the message stick is Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: punundjiti

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 15. Jan 1955

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-47135

Collector: Collected by: Mountford, Charles P.

Coordinates: 11°40'43.798800"S,130°50'7.299600"E  (-11.678833, 130.835361)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates. Coordinates for Melville Island, per Google maps.

Notes: AR: Checked against original SAM register. Updated date of creation.

Media Files:

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