amsd_01262

Title: Display of message stick punishment and reconciliation story at Warruwi Language Centre

Description: 4a. Five men are invovled in trouble. They have been told that they must go out into the bush for three months. 4b. The five men in trouble came back. Their relatives talked with them and told them not to make trouble any more. 4c. People from different clans talking with each other and saying they should come togetherand have a ceremony. 4d. They are attending a ceremony.

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