| Coordinates WGS84 | 12°15'S, 136°54'E -12.25, 136.89 |
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
Materials: wood
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Date registered: 25. Feb 1970
Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-60352
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: AR: SAM register: "'Arnhemland, Art, Myth and Symbolism', p 474CD. Coll. CPM"
Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski