GML_Au3909

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

Description: Botenstab (altes Stück) rot geockert an den Enden und in der Mitte schwarze Bündel, die eingeschnittene Kürzel sind in Felder eingeteilt [An old sample of a message stick, painted red at the ends and with a black bundle in the middle, the carved patterns are spread around the surface in different areas] The stick is in the collection of the Grassi Museum Leipzig, catalogue Au 3909

Date Created: 1969

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 “Western Australia, North-West region”. It therefore cannot be a associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 355mm Dimension 2: 75-80mm

Materials: wood

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Acquisition date 1969

Institution/Holder file: The Grassi Museum Leipzig object identifier: Au3909

Media copyright: The Grassi Museum Leipzig

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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup