EMB_VI_8320

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

Description: Botenstab mit Kerbschnitten Original description from EMB catalog: "Botenstab mit Kerbschnitten. L. 38,5 cm." Translation: ”Message stick with carved cuts. L. 38.5 cm" (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: 385mm Dimension 2: 15mm Dimension 3: 15mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: carved

Source types: museum collection

Institution/Holder file: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin object identifier: VI 8320

Collector: Colonial and Indian Exhibition (colindery), London James Marshall Cundall

Media copyright: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Media Files:

Data Entry: Piers Kelly