Coordinates WGS84 | 12°15'S, 136°54'E -12.25, 136.89 |
Title: A message stick from Yirrkala, NT
Description: Smithsonian register: "FROM CARD: "A VARIETY OF 8 WOODEN PLAQUES WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS CARVED ON BOTH FACES. ALL PAINTED WITH RED OCHRE." LOANED TO C-H 8/19/81; RETURNED TO NHB 2/15/1982."
Date Created: 1949
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem; 1949-05-02
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: NT
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Yirrkala, NT (collected)
Dimension 1: 250mm Dimension 3: 100mm
Materials: ochre pigment, wood
Techniques: carved
Institution/Holder file: Smithsonian Institution object identifier: 178294
Collector: Frank M Setzler, American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
Place collected: Yirrkala, NT
Coordinates: 12°15'10.000800"S,136°53'30.001200"E (-12.252778, 136.891667)
Media copyright: Smithsonian Institution
Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Yirrkala, Northern Territory, per Google map. Wikipedia: Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, 18 kilometres southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land.
URL institution: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ee5caf9-a598-4581-b327-af9645790e28
IRN: E387488-0
Notes: Smithsonian register: "FROM CARD: "A VARIETY OF 8 WOODEN PLAQUES WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS CARVED ON BOTH FACES. ALL PAINTED WITH RED OCHRE." LOANED TO C-H 8/19/81; RETURNED TO NHB 2/15/1982." One of 8 in accession number.
Media Files:
Data Entry: Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman