Message-Stick With Interpretation
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS SMALL STICK 4 IN. IN LENGTH AND .38 IN. IN DIAMETER HAS VARIOUS NOTCHES CUT ON IT. THERE ARE 8 DEEP NOTCHES ON ONE SIDE, EACH NOTCH REPRESENTS 10 LOGS CUT. THIS TOTALS 80 LOGS CUT AND ON THE LANDING. 2 SMALLER NOTCHES ON SAME SIDE EQUAL 20 LOGS CUT BUT NOT ON LANDING. ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF STICK ARE TWO X'S AND BETWEEN THEM A Y-LIKE CUTTING. THE X TO RIGHT INDICATES HE (RAIWALA) HAS RECEIVED RATIONS FROM ELCHO ISLAND BUT IT'S ALL GONE. X TO LEFT REPRESENTS MILINGIMBI ISLAND AND HE'S REQUESTING FOOD FROM MR. TOM HANNA, THE MISSIONARY ON MILINGIMBI, WHO GAVE ME THIS INTERPRETATION. RAIWALA IS CUTTING LOGS ON MAINLAND HALF WAY BETWEEN MILINGIMBI AND ELCHO ISLAND. (SEE NOTE BOOK)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387531-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Message Stick