SAM_A_47154

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

Description: Wooden message stick from the South Australian Museum CPM: "Fig. 5E is a secular message stick sent to an aboriginal, Marawani, who was on a visit to Darwin, asking him to bring back the following goods; a, tobacco, h, matches, c, a pipe, d, a calico loin cloth, e, a pair of short trousers, f, a shirt, g, sugar, h, tea, and j, flour." (106-107)

Message: «xxx»

From: xxx

Sent: xxx

To: xxx

Subject: xxx

CPM: "Fig. 5E is a secular message stick sent to an aboriginal, Marawani, who was on a visit to Darwin, asking him to bring back the following goods; a, tobacco, h, matches, c, a pipe, d, a calico loin cloth, e, a pair of short trousers, f, a shirt, g, sugar, h, tea, and j, flour." (106-107)

Date Created: 1954

Notes on date created: Year of the National Geographic Expedition to Melville Island. (CM notes – 8 September 1954)

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: NT

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

Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Larrakia Austlang: N21 - Larrakia Glottolog: lara1258

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. The message stick is associated with a person named Marawani who was on a visit to Darwin.

Cultural region: TopEnd_tiwi

Sources:

Charles P. Mountford (1958). The Tiwi: their Art Myth and Ceremony. London Phoenix Melbourne: Georgian House.

Date collected: Date registered: 15. Jan 1955

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-47154

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

Notes: AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information. 21.04.26 PK: Previously CPM1958P106F5E (merged)

Media Files:

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