SAM_A_68115

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum; 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

Date Created: 1972

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: SA

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 "Oldea 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-68115

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

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: Note in remarks of SAM register: "A68112 to A68115 tied together as a set"

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman