SAM_A_50750

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1957

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Northern Territory (coastal), Australia”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 11. Jul 1957

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-50750

Collector: Loan from Nailsworth Boys Technical School; ex Sparshott collection

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes: See Doc.File for letter from the Nailsworth Boy's Technical School to the Museum Director requesting that the specimens be placed in the Museum `on call'. Doc.File also contains `Sparshott Aboriginal Collection Catalogue'. The collector, H. Sparshott, was a constable based at Woodville. 19.10.23 NR: Checked original SAM register - no new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman