SMITHSONIAN178294_H

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