SAM_A_68112

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

Description: Message stick ochred, A68112-5 tied together as a set; label says 'An Ooldea Black cut these at a camp near Penong, 1926'; found unregistered in the stores; belong to the collection of the South Australian Museum

Date Created: 1926

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Wirangu Austlang: C1 - Wirangu Glottolog: wira1265

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick was produced near Penong, South Australia, by an "Ooldea Black" In most entries "Ooldea tribe" or "Ooldea Black" would be identified with Mirniny however in this case, the location is Penong which is within Wirangu country. Given that Wirangu people circulated at Ooldea we have interpreted this stick as being associated with the Wirangu linguistic area.

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition Date: Jul 1972 Date registered: 28. Mrz 1984

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-68112

Collector: Purchased from: James R. Lawson Pty Ltd; ex. D. Bates QUERY

Coordinates: 31°54'9.000000"S,133°02'10.500000"E  (-31.9025, 133.03625)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Penong, South Australia

Notes: AR: SAM register: A68112 to 68115 tied together as a set.

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Alexandra Roginski