EMB_VI_4703

Title: A message stick from Western Australia held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Description: Original description from EMB catalog: "Botenstock, vierkantig,, am Ende spitz zulaufend, am anderen Ende rund mit Knopf(?). 23,8 cm lang, 0,8 Dm. Westaustralien" Translation: ”Message stick square, pointed at the end, round at the other end with knob (?). 23.8 cm long, 0.8 dm. Western Australia" (JB).

Item type: message stick in a collection

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

Dimension 1: 235mm Dimension 2: 6mm Dimension 3: 6mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI 4703

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

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly