Funerary Basket
43-4-90
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 43-4-90 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark | Pigment |
| Description | Bark bag or basket. One piece bent at bottom and sewed along sides. Pointed in geometrical designs, red, yellow, white. One side with cross-hatching, other with dots. Carrying loop on one side. Placed on top of grave posts to mark the end of the Pukumani funerary rites. |
| Height | 76.5 cm |
| Width | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Daniel Sutherland Davidson, 1943 |
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