Food Carrying Tray
P1887
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Pitchi |
| Object Number | P1887 |
| 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 food carrying tray. A large bowl-shaped tray that is fluted and covered in red ochre. “For food and water.” (Catalog Card) The collector, J.T. Huston incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as “pichey”. |
| Length | 73 cm |
| Width | 33.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 49 - Other Number |
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