MKB_Va_329

Title: A message stick held in the Museum of Cultures Basel (MKB, Museum der Kulturen Basel)

Description: MKB register: "Stab: Botenstab für (?) freies Fischen"

Message: From original card file: "Va 329 Norwest-Australien III B 64/8/2. Einlauf V 126 1925. Kauf. E. Clement. Botenstab; Bedeutung? vielleicht für freis fischen an bestimmter Uferstrecke." Translation: Message stick; meaning? Perhaps for free fishing on a certain stretch of bank.

Date Created: 1925

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: Western Australia

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

Date collected: 1925

Institution/Holder file: Museum of Cultures Basel (Museum der Kulturen, Basel) object identifier: Va 329

Collector: Consignor: Emile Louis Bruno Clement

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: 11.3.24 NR: collecting institution URL leads to "Inventory list for Australia (PDF)". You'll have to search for the item number.

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman