EMB_VI_33506

Title: A message stick from Queensland held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Description: Botenstab Original description from EMB catalog: "Botenstäbchen, 9 cm lang, Kukualan di, N. Queensland. Act.-No. 771/13. Edlinger." Translation: ”[small] Message stick, 9 cm long, Kukualan di, N. Queensland. Act.-No. 771/13. Edlinger" (JB)

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: QLD

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is Kokojelandi, Cape York, Queensland

Dimension 1: 90mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI 33506

Collector: W. Edlinger

Coordinates: 16°15'S,144°30'E  (-16.25, 144.5)

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Notes on coordinates: Coordinates for the language group Kokojelandji, per the South Australian Museum online database.(https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/collection/archives/language_groups/kokojelandji). Note that the above entered info for this record states Kokojelandi (missing a "j" before the last letter). Location: Head of Palmer River, cast from Palmerville to Mount Lukin; south and west of the Dividing Range to upper Mitchell River; at Maytown; east to Byerstown. They claim close relationship with the Wulpura rain forest dwelling people of the Windsor plateau.

Notes: Katalog: "weight <0,1 kg Depot/Studio (Südsee und Australien)/ S:4"

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman