Title: A message stick held in the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne, Germany
Description: RJM register:"Botenstab" (Google translate: Messenger staff)
Date Created: 1960
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 "Northwest Australia". It therefore cannot be associated with a linguistic area.
Dimension 1: 130mm Dimension 2: 23mm
Materials: wood
Techniques: not specified
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Purchased/Permanent loan: November 7, 1960
Institution/Holder file: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum object identifier: Inventar-Nr. (Inventory No.) RJM 48012 Konvolut-Nr. (Lot No.) RJM 1960/15
Collector: Helmut Petri (1907-1986)
Media copyright: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Notes: 2.8.24 NR: Gewicht: 26 g. bis 07.11.1960, Helmut Petri (1907-1986); von 07.11.1960, Museumsgesellschaft RJM e. V. (Purchasing); von 07.11.1960, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt (Dauerleihgabe). (Google translate: Weight 26g. until November 7, 1960, Helmut Petri (1907-1986); from November 7, 1960, Museumsgesellschaft RJM e. V. (Purchasing); from November 7, 1960, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Cultures of the World (permanent loan).
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Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman