SAM_A_627

Title: A message stick from the Murchison district, Western Australia held in the South Australian Museum

Description: Message stick "coondarella" from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1918

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1911-1918

Item type: message stick in a collection

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Watjarri Austlang: A39 - Wajarri / Wadjarri Glottolog: waja1257

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Murchison district, Western Australia. Message stick "coondarella" The linguistic area is inferred from geography

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: kuntarala ("coondarella")

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-627

Collector: Purchased from: Conigrave, C.P.

Coordinates: 26°08'6.601200"S,116°10'28.999200"E  (-26.135167, 116.174722)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Murchison proper

Notes: AR: Checked against original SAM register. No new information.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski