SMITHSONIAN178294_N

Title: A message stick from Milingimbi Island, NT

Description: From card catalogue: "Message sticks with customary notches. 6 Milingimbi Island, Australia 4-3/4" & 2–1/8" " This is a group of 6 message sticks.

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 Milingimbi, NT (collected).

Dimension 1: 120.7mm Dimension 3: 54.1mm

Institution/Holder file: Smithsonian Institution object identifier: 178294

Collector: Frank M Setzler, American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land

Place collected: Milingimbi Island, NT

Coordinates: 12°05'42.000000"S,134°53'34.800000"E  (-12.095, 134.893)

Media copyright: Smithsonian Institution

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Milingimbi Island, Northern Territory, per Google maps.

URL institution: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393d75680-bbd3-4f42-a7fd-e1d7655b7e10

IRN: E387532-0

Notes: The measurements, taken from the online catalogue, approximately equal the measurements in inches on the card.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Alexandra Roginski, Nitzan Rotman