Funerary Basket
55-43-1
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-43-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tiwi |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Bark bag or basket. Rectangular; of sheets of stringy-bark eucalyptus sewn with pandanus; painted red, yellow, ochre, white clay and charcoal in squares, rectangles, concentric circles, dots, and cross-hatched designs. Placed on top of grave posts to mark the end of the Pukumani funerary rites. |
| Credit Line | Gift of C. P. Mountford through Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
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