| Coordinates WGS84 | 26°08'S, 126°35'E -26.13, 126.58 |
Title: A message stick held in the Western Australian Museum
Description: Message stick
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: WA
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Warburton Range, Western Desert
Materials: wood
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Unknown
Institution/Holder file: Western Australian Museum object identifier: A24047b
Collector: Unknown
Coordinates: 26°07'59.998800"S,126°34'59.998800"E (-26.133333, 126.583333)
Media copyright: Western Australian Museum
Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Warburton (Warburton Ranges or Milyirrtjarra), Western Australia
Notes: Email from RC on 16.12.2024: "I’ve now had time to produce a list of message sticks (just basic data) from the database that are/were in the Museum’s collection. Note that there are 73 from this list that have been repatriated to community. I’m about to head off on extended leave tomorrow so won’t have time to produce anything more detailed. However, the information by and large reflects the information that is captured in the registers. And as background message sticks are typically categorised a short cylindrical stick that has an incised decoration applied to it (think clapping stick with various regional designs applied, though the thickness can vary from 15-20mm)." 30.6.25 NR: "Warburton, Warburton Ranges or Milyirrtjarra (in the Ngaanyatjarra dialect) is an Aboriginal Australian community in Western Australia, just to the south of the Gibson Desert and located on the Great Central Road (part of the Outback Way) and Gunbarrel Highway." (Wikipedia).
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman