Funerary Basket

55-43-2

From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 55-43-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tiwi
Provenience Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Description

Bark bag or basket. Bark sheets sewn with wicker; decoration red ochre, yellow, white and black. 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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