GML_Au3735

Title: A message stick from North-West Australia held in the Grassi Museum Leipzig

Description: Botenstab aus hellem Holz, spindelförmig, mit eingeritztem Ornament [Spindle-shaped message stick made from light wood with carved ornaments] The stick is a part of the Grassi Museum Leipzig Collection, catalogue Au 3735

Date Created: 1953

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “North-West Australia”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 240mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1953

Institution/Holder file: The Grassi Museum Leipzig object identifier: Au3735

Collector: Taken over from the State Museum of Prehistory, Halle (Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte)

Media copyright: The Grassi Museum Leipzig

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup