EMB_VI_22531

Title: A message stick from Champion Bay held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Description: A message stick held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, and reproduced by Virchow (1882, p.33, Fig.5a, 5b), Ratzel (1894, p.317, Fig.03) and Danzel (1912, p228) Original description from EMB catalog: "Botschaftshölzchenl,L. 17,4 cm. vergl. Zeitschrift für Ethn. 1882 Tfl. X (p.33). Champion Bay." Translation: ”Message stick, L. 17.4 cm. compare Zeitschrift für Ethn. 1882 Tfl. X (p.33). Champion Bay. (JB).

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Champion Bay

Dimension 1: 174mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI 22531

Collector: Glaumont Rudolf Virchow; Ferdinand von Mueller (per Virchow, Rudolf. 1882. "Australische Botenstöcke." Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 14:33-35.)

Coordinates: 28°45'42.998400"S,114°36'55.198800"E  (-28.761944, 114.615333)

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for Champion Bay, Western Australia, per Google maps Wikipedia: Champion Bay is a coastal feature north of Geraldton, Western Australia, facing the port and city between Point Moore and Bluff Point.

URL source 1: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_v4ILAQAAIAAJ/page/n361

Notes: Katalog: "weight <0,1 kg Depot/Studio (Südsee und Australien)/ S:4" Danzel, Theodore Wilhelm. 1912. Die Anfänge der Schrift. Leipzig: R. Voigtländer Verlag.

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman