Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Cultures Basel (MKB, Museum der Kulturen Basel)
Description: MKB register: "Stab: Kerbholz / Botenstab" (Google translate was not successful for this string, but further search found that Kerbholz might be used for "tally stick", hence the translation would be "rod: tally stick / messenger staff")
Date Created: 1920
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
State/Territory: Queensland
Notes on linguistic areas: The origin of the message stick is given simply as “Australia/Queensland”. It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.
Date collected: 1920
Institution/Holder file: Museum of Cultures Basel (Museum der Kulturen, Basel) object identifier: Va 299
Collector: Consignor: Arthur Speyer I (Hamburg, Strassburg, Berlin)
Media copyright: Museum of Cultures Basel (Museum der Kulturen, Basel)
URL institution: https://www.mkb.ch/docroot/pdf/MKB-Bestandesliste-Va-Australien_2022_1-MB.pdf
Notes: 8.3.24 NR: collecting institution URL leads to "Inventory list for Australia (PDF)". You'll have to search for the item number.
Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman