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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