SAM_A_60351

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

Description: Ceremonial message stick made from wood, incised, called 'Djunkgao'. Belongs to the collection of the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1948

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: NT

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 inferred from Yirrkala.

Cultural region: TopEnd_arnhem_east

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: tyungkaw ('Djunkgao')

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 25. Feb 1970

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-60351

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: PK 30.01.24: Possible that this is incorrectly labelled as 'restricted' in SAM database. PK to ask SAM for evidence of consultation for this status. AR: SAM register: "'Arnhemland, Art, Myth and Symbolism', p 474AB. Coll. CPM"

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski