Coordinates WGS84 | 13°05'S, 130°11'E -13.08, 130.18 |
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