SAM_A_60331_a

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

Description: Incised wooden message stick ('Kainaraui ' 'Milgirina') from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1948

Notes on date created: Year of American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Pitjantjatjara Austlang: C6 - Pitjantjatjara Glottolog: pitj1243

Linguistic area 2: Chirila: Mengerr Austlang: N53 - Mengerrdji Glottolog: mang1382

Notes on linguistic areas: Pitjantjara The origin of the message stick is Oenpelli, Northern Territory, Australia

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_west

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: kayinarauwi ('Kainaraui') miligirina ('Milgirina')

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 25. Feb 1970

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-60331

Collector: Purchased from: Mountford, Mr C.P.; collected on Central Australian Expedition

Coordinates: 12°19'31.800000"S,133°03'18.000000"E  (-12.3255, 133.055)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Oenpelli (Gunbalanya)

Notes: Message stick called 'Kainaraui ', 'Milgirina'. PK: It is unusual that the message stick is Pitjantjatjara and yet sourced from Oenpelli. Should check these two terms against Chirila database to look for cognates in Central Australian or Top End languages AR: SAM register, remarks: "Arnhemland Art, Myth, Symbolism, p. 474. Coll. CP Mountford O149C, O149B. See sheets for additional information." There are two message sticks. I have duplicated this information to SAM_A_60331_b

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski

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