Coordinates WGS8412°15'S, 136°54'E
-12.25, 136.89

SAM_A_60349

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

Description: Wooden, incised message stick 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. Linguistic area is inferred from Yirrkala

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 25. Feb 1970

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-60349

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: AR: SAM register: "'Arnhemland, Art, Myth and Symbolism', p 470AB. Coll. CPM"

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Alexandra Roginski