SGCM_VK_0737

Title: A message stick from Northwest Australia, held in the St. Gallen Cultural Museum, Switzerland

Description: SGCM online catalogue: "Botenstab - "milli milli" (Google translate: messenger staff - "milli milli" SGCM register: "Holz geschwarts mit geritztem hellem ornament (mit muschel geritzt) speer mit wurfbrett, fisch, kasuar mit ei einladung fur jagd und fischfang" (Google translate: Wooden blackboard with incised light ornament (scratched with shell) spear with throwing board, fish, cassowary with egg invitation for hunting and fishing

Message: SGCM register: "spear with throwing board, fish, cassowary with egg invitation for hunting and fishing"

Date Created: 1925

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

Subtype: traditional

State/Territory: WA

Notes on linguistic areas: This message stick is associated with Oceania, Australia, Northwest Australia, Oakover River, Nullagina-District Galluma (ie, Ngarluma)

Dimension 1: 185mm Dimension 2: 13mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: scratched

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Purchased on August 29, 1925

Institution/Holder file: St. Gallen Culture Museum object identifier: VK 0737

Collector: Emile Clement

Coordinates: 20°43'45.998400"S,120°40'32.998800"E  (-20.729444, 120.675833)

Media copyright: St. Gallen Culture Museum

Notes on coordinates: Random coordinates on the Oakover River, near Nullagina District, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Oakover River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

URL institution: https://online-collection.ch/item=28581

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman