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Collection ID PK3
Title Message sticks pilot research in Maningrida 2019
Description The intended documentation is of message stick communication. This is a graphic system of long-distance communication that involves an interplay between graphic motifs, speech, and context. The primary languages of the consultants are Kune and Bininj Kunwok, and the recorded interactions took place in Aboriginal English, Bininj Kunwok and Kune.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/PK3
Collector
Piers Kelly
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Operator Julia Colleen Miller
Originating university University of New England
Countries
Australia - AU
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Languages
English - eng
Gunwinggu - gup
Dhuwal - dwu
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DOI 10.26278/ARTC-SX94
Cite as Piers Kelly (collector), 2019. Message sticks pilot research in Maningrida 2019. Collection PK3 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/ARTC-SX94

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Edit access Julia Colleen Miller
Piers Kelly
Shubo Li
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Items in Collection (11)

Item Title Actions
00 Administration View
01 Djapi rehearsal View
02 Djapi ceremony View
03 Interview about message sticks with Bob Burruwal and Lena Yarinkura View
04 Lena Yarinkura and Bob Burruwal making a message stick from a piece of scrap wood View
05 Piers Kelly discussing museum images, recordings and news media about message sticks with Bob Burruwal and Lena Yarinkura View
06 Bob Burruwal and Lena Yarinkura collecting paperbark to make a message stick View
07 Bob Burruwal and Lena Yarinkura making a message stick out of collected paperbark wood. View
08 Piers Kelly interviewing Kevin Djimarr about message sticks View
09 Stanley Rankin, Joseph Diddo and Charlie Shotgun discussing message sticks with Piers Kelly View

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