SAM_A_77095

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

Description: Message stick from the South Australian Museum. Plain background with incised short and long transverse dashes, points around ends and numerous natural knotholes in the wood. Raw finish.

Date Created: 2007

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: NSW

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Date registered: Nov 2007

Institution/Holder file: The South Australian Museum object identifier: A-77095

Collector: Donated by: Hannan, C.

Coordinates: 33°50'48.901200"S,151°14'52.598400"E  (-33.846917, 151.247944)

Media copyright: The South Australian Museum

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Port Jackson Bay, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman