MF1940P345F10
Title: Sketch of a message stick from M. Frank's "Botenstäbe in Australien" (1940)
Description: Sketch of message stick wrapped in a piece of fur (fig. 10) on p. 345 in Maria Frank's "Botenstäbe in Australien": "In vielen Fällen wird der zu diesen Botschaften benutzte Botenstab [eingeschlagen] in ein Stuck Fell (54 11/206,Nr. 2) (Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford),Fig.10 ", p.335. Translation JB: "In many cases, the message stick used to these messages [initiation invitation] is wrapped in a piece of fur".
Message: Boy initiation invitation
Date Created: 1940
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: image of a message stick (artefact missing)
Sources:
Notes: OT: The stick is taken from Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford; 54 II/206, Nr. 2. See if it can be merged
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Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup