EMB_VI_4705

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

Description: Botenstab A message stick held in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, and reproduced by Virchow (1882, p.33, Fig.1), and Ratzel (1894, p.317, Fig.02)

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 associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 125mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI 4705

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

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Notes: Katalog: "weight <0,1 kg Depot/Studio (Südsee und Australien)/ S:10"

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Data Entry: Piers Kelly