Grave Digging Tray
P1885
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Pitchi |
| Object Number | P1885 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Locus | South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Red Ochre |
| Description | A wooden grave digging tray. The tray is oval shaped, fluted and covered in red ochre. There is dried dirt on the inside of it The collector, J.T. Huston incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as “pichey”. |
| Length | 40.5 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 51 - Other Number |
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