amsd_01259

Title: Display of a message stick payback story at Warruwi Language Centre

Description: 1a. This message is from a man telling two of his relatives to do a pay-back on some men for having killed another of his relatives. The burnt marks are design. [sacred dilly-bag] 1b. The people were sleeping. The man has been killed. After the killing the killers ran away. [people running awa] [two men who did the killing] [fire burning] [wife and two children] [other people] 1c. One man has been told to do a payback The dead body is being burnt. Fire covers the body. Relatives stand around. 1d. Three men went to do the pay-back. They speared a man and killed him. They took his body and laid it on a rock. [rocks] [grass]

Creator of Object: Robbie Rabinyina Rachel Meiyinbara

Item type: fictional message stick

Subtype: replicative

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Maung Austlang: N64 - Mawng Glottolog: maun1240

Term for 'message stick' (or related) in language: mak

Coordinates: 11°39'28.400400"S,133°22'41.901600"E  (-11.657889, 133.378306)

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Warruwi, Goulburn Islands

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly