EMB_VI_4370

Title: A message stick held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Description: Botenstab Original description from EMB catalog: "Botschafsstab mit Einkerbungen, 14 cm lng, 2 cm breit". Translation: "Message stick with notches, 14 cm long, 2 cm wide" (JB).

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Australia”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 175mm Dimension 2: 25mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI Nls 4370

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

URL institution: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2282585&viewType=detailView

Notes: JB: Please note that the sketch in the catalogue is not of this message stick, but of VI-4369 Note that the dimensions in the online catalogue are different: 142 x 13 x 16 mm

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly