Funerary Basket

CG851103-2809

From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number CG851103-2809
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, featuring parallet diagonal lines and a central bulls-eye. Placed on top of grave posts to mark the end of the Pukumani funerary rites.

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