SGCM_VK_0912

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

Description: SGCM online catalogue: "kleiner Botenstab" (Google translate: small messenger staff) SGCM register: "leichtes holz braun gefärbt mit kerben auf beiden seiten" (Google translate: Light wood colored brown with notches on both sides)

Date Created: 1939

Notes on date created: terminus ante quem

Item type: message stick in a collection

State/Territory: SA

Notes on linguistic areas: This message stick is associated with Oceania, Australia, South Australia, Tarcoola

Dimension 1: 125mm Dimension 2: 20mm Dimension 3: 4mm

Materials: wood

Techniques: notched

Source types: museum collection

Date collected: Donated on May 5, 1939

Institution/Holder file: St. Gallen Culture Museum object identifier: VK 0912

Collector: Victor Stärkle (1901)

Coordinates: 30°42'33.800400"S,134°34'0.998400"E  (-30.709389, 134.566944)

Media copyright: St. Gallen Culture Museum

Notes on coordinates: Absolute coordinates for Tarcoola, South Australia, per Google maps. Wikipedia: Tarcoola is a town in the Far North of South Australia 416 kilometres (258 mi) north-northwest of Port Augusta.

URL institution: https://online-collection.ch/item=29157

Media Files:

Data Entry: Nitzan Rotman