SAM_A_47141

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: 2.9.1954. n.n. punundjiti. Abbreviated remarks from Mr. Mountford's note books: Sent to Wariupi [?] (fire or sun) Totem group to attend a Pukumuni ceremony. Descriptive."

Date Created: 1954

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem Date from Charles Mountford's notes of 2 September 1954. Entered in register on 15 January 1955.

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 affiliation 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

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 15. Jan 1955

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-47141

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 for Tiwi. Coordinates for Melville Island, per Google maps.

Notes: AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

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