GML_Au1301

Title: A message stick from Western Australia held in the Grassi Museum Leipzig

Description: Message stick from the collection of the Grassi Museum Leipzig, catalogue Au 1301

Date Created: 1912

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Warburton, Western Australia

Dimension 1: 163mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1912

Institution/Holder file: The Grassi Museum Leipzig object identifier: Au1301

Collector: Donated by: Walter Schmidt

Coordinates: 26°08'6.000000"S,126°34'43.600800"E  (-26.135, 126.578778)

Media copyright: The Grassi Museum Leipzig

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Warburton, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Warburton or Warburton Ranges is an Aboriginal Australian community in Western Australia, just to the south of the Gibson Desert and located on the Great Central Road and Gunbarrel Highway.

Notes: Botenstäbe wurden benutzt, um Teilnehmern an bestimmten Zeremonien einzuladen. Es sind kurvige Objekte, deren Nuts sorgsam eingeritzt wurden. Ihre Bedeutung war geheim und nur den Berechtigten bekannt. Translation: "Message sticks were used to invite the participants to certain ceremonies. They are curved objects with carefully carved patterns on them. Their meaning was kept secret and only revealed to the immediate participants." (Transl: Olena Tykhostup)

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman