SAM_A_60347

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

Description: Incised wooden message stick ('Matarman') 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_context

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Dhangu Austlang: N192 - Dhangu Glottolog: dhan1270

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia. Dhangu is extrapolated from Yirrkala.

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

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

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 25. Feb 1970

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-60347

Collector: Purchased from: Mountford, Charles P.

Coordinates: 12°15'10.000800"S,136°53'30.001200"E  (-12.252778, 136.891667)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Yirrkala

Notes: Message stick called 'Matarman' AR: SAM register notes: "Arnhemland, Art, Myth and symbolism", p 472 DG. Coll CPM Y65."

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski