MARKK16_79_1

Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg (MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum)

Description: MARKK register: "Botenstab (Nachbildung)" (Google translate: "messenger staff (replica)")

Date Created: 1916

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: replicative

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: This message stick is associated with Western Australia, Nannine according to MARKK records

Date collected: 8th July 1916

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg (MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum) object identifier: 16.79:1

Collector: Donor/Seller: Not mentioned

Coordinates: 26°53'6.000000"S,118°20'27.600000"E  (-26.885, 118.341)

Media copyright: Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg (MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum)

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.

URL institution: https://markk-hamburg.de/files/media/2020/06/MARKK-OZ-bis-1920.pdf

Notes: 8.3.24 NR: collecting institution URL leads to "List 1: COLLECTION Oceania until 1920 (PDF)". You'll have to search for the item number. 30.4.24 NR: the following info was located in the "Master list of collecting institutions for the Australian Message stick project" Excel file - 7/10/2016 from Jeanette Kokott: "Regarding your enquiry about message sticks I can tell you that so far 2 objects which have already passed the initial steps of the current procedure (no contemporary photos available yet) are likely to match your request: 3561:07 is registered as messagestick from Beagle Bay and forms part of the Klaatsch collection. 16.79:1 is registered as Botenstab (Nachbildung); this replica was based on Fig. 1 on page 45 of Jahrbuch des Städt. Museums in Leipzig (unfortunately no year is mentioned)." Dr. Jeanette Kokott (040 4288 79-536) j.kokott@mvhamburg.de

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman