amsd_01121

Title: Tracker Bull Bull's message stick to Ion Idriess and headbands

Description: This was taken from a document that appears in IDRIESS1930 (Sydney Rare Book Auction of Idriess estate) Transcript of 20210213-Invaluable-H3247-L242175187.jpg: "Tracker Bull Bul's message stick to me. 'Marmuk.' Good Luck. Nemarluk. crocodile teeth + eggs. Turtles Crossing P.O P.S. Headbands, etc. knitted for me in Fanny Bay gaol" PK: Headbands sold in previous Sydney Rare Book Auction (Lot 911 Auction 59, December 2020) are included here. PK: Detail on Nemarluk and Tracker Bull Bull can be found in Ivory, Bill. 2009. Kunmanggur, legend and leadership: A study of Indigenous leadership and succession focussing on the northwest region of the Northern Territory of Australia. Darwin: Charles Darwin University PhD dissertation.

Item type: message stick from a private sale

Notes: PK: Note that the message stick that appears at the bootom of 20210213-Invaluable-H3247-L242175213.jpg is actually AMSD ID: IDRIESS1930. It is not from Bull Bull. This one is missing. The auctioneer conflated two separate sticks.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly