SAM_A_63799

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

Description: Wooden, incised message stick from the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1960

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Beagle Bay, Western Australia, Australia NR: According to SAM original register - Kimberley Region

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date Collected: 1960 Acquisition Date: 08. Apr 1975 Date registered: 26 June 1975

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-63799

Collector: Purchased from: Kellner, Stephen; Sydney; collected by the late Father Worms (Pr. Worms)

Coordinates: 16°58'58.101600"S,122°39'54.698400"E  (-16.982806, 122.665194)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Beagle Bay, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Beagle Bay is a medium-sized Aboriginal community on the western side of the Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Beagle Bay was named in 1838 by John Clements Wickham, captain of HMS Beagle.

Notes: 23.10.23 NR: According to SAM original register the locality is Beagle Bay, Kimberley Region, Western Australia

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman