Coordinates WGS8413°05'S, 130°11'E
-13.08, 130.18

SMITHSONIAN099981

Title: A Wargite or Wogait message stick sent from a sister to a brother

Description: Smithsonian card: "Wargite, Northern Territory, Australia... Soft wood, flat. Carved with a few straight and crossed lines. 'This letter stick is from a sister to a brother and it tells him she is well and hopes same for him. It also tells that she had a fight with their aunt over some food matters'. On Tindale's map this tribe is Wogait."

Message: 'This letter stick is from a sister to a brother and it tells him she is well and hopes same for him. It also tells that she had a fight with their aunt over some food matters'.

Date Created: 1929

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1929-01-19

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: NT

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Bachamal Austlang: N31 - Batjamalh

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Northern Territory”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.

Cultural region: TopEnd

Materials: soft wood

Institution/Holder file: Smithsonian Institution object identifier: 099981

Collector: KR Monroe

Place collected: Northern Territory

Coordinates: 13°04'54.699600"S,130°10'56.398800"E  (-13.081861, 130.182333)

Media copyright: Smithsonian Institution

Notes on coordinates: Chirila centroid coordinates for Bachamal

URL institution: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d8651e02-0ba0-43c8-a38a-c03a04cf2695

IRN: E341570-0

Media Files:

Data Entry: Alexandra Roginski, Piers Kelly