EMB_VI_4704

Title: A message stick held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Description: Botenstab Original description from EMB catalog: "Botenstab, rund, an einem Ende in eine rundliche Spitz, am anderen in einen rundlichen Knopf auslaufend. 14,2 cm lang, 1,2 cm dick. Australien." Translation: ”Message stick, round, ending at one end in a rounded tip, at the other in a rounded knob. 14.2 cm long, 1.2 cm thick. Australia" (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: 142mm Dimension 2: 11mm Dimension 3: 11mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI 4704

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly