SAM_A_62052

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

Description: Message stick from Ooldea with engraved markings from the collection of the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1971

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

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

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with the "Pitjantjatjara Tribe". The origin of the message stick is Ooldea, South Australia, Australia. The "Ooldea tribe" is analysed as Mirniny for other artefacts, however here "Pitjantjatjara Tribe" is the designated group. PK: It is possible that this is a typo in the register. Given that Daisy Bates is the "noted researcher", the object most likely came from Ooldea

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: 22. Apr 1971

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-62052

Collector: Donated by: Richter, Mr & Mrs M.V.

Coordinates: 25°58'16.662000"S,130°01'8.241600"E  (-25.971295, 130.018956)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Pitjantjatjara

Notes: Register says: "Collecte at Mg. Gambier in the 1840-50's by Mrs Richter's grandfather, Mr William Allen Crouch, a pioneer storekeeper + grazier. Note: Permanent deposit in the S.A.M. collection is a condition of this donation. These specimens were sent to Mrs Richters father Mr Edmund Fitz-Gerald Crouch (born Mt. Gambier 1854) by Mrs Daisy Bates the noted researcher. Note: Also permanent deposit in S.A. Museum Coll is a condition of this donation. AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information. But query: Does the note refer to this object or the one above?

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski