Funerary Basket
CG851103-2809
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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