RJM21261

Title: A message stick held in the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne, Germany

Description: RJM register:"Botenstab" (Google translate: Messenger staff)

Date Created: 1908

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 "Southwest Australia". It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.

Dimension 1: 180mm Dimension 2: 18mm

Materials: wood; putty; organic

Techniques: schnitzerei; ritzung (google translate: carving; incision)

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Donated: March 11, 1908

Institution/Holder file: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum object identifier: Inventar-Nr. (Inventory No.) RJM 21261 Konvolut-Nr. (Lot No.) RJM 1907/30

Collector: Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916)

Media copyright: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum

Notes: 2.8.24 NR: Gewicht: 46 g. ca. 1904/1907-1908, Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916); 11.03.1908, Maria von Bernsdorff (1876-1945), Julius Rautenstrauch, Eugen Rautenstrauch (1879-1956) (Purchasing); 11.03.1908, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt (Donation). (Google translate: Weight 46g. ca. 1904/1907-1908, Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916); March 11, 1908, Maria von Bernsdorff (1876-1945), Julius Rautenstrauch, Eugen Rautenstrauch (1879-1956) (Purchasing); March 11, 1908, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Cultures of the World (Donation).)

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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman