GML_Au272

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

Description: Message stick (18 cm) from the Grassi Museum Leipzig, catalogue Au 272. "Mann in Corroborry-Kostüme" [with a drawing of a man in a corroboree costume]

Date Created: 1895

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: WA

Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Watjarri Austlang: A39 - Wajarri / Wadjarri Glottolog: waja1257

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

Dimension 1: 180mm

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1895

Institution/Holder file: The Grassi Museum Leipzig object identifier: Au272

Collector: Donated by: Herr von Streich

Coordinates: 26°53'9.099600"S,118°20'49.700400"E  (-26.885861, 118.347139)

Media copyright: The Grassi Museum Leipzig

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Nannine, Western Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Nannine is a ghost town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located on the northern bank of Lake Anneen, approximately 35 kilometres south-southwest of Meekatharra, and 735 kilometres north-northeast of Perth.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Piers Kelly, Nitzan Rotman