basket
- Museum number
- Oc1927,1006.9
- Description
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Basket made of bark, human hair.
- Production date
- 20thC (before 1927)
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.70 centimetres
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Width: 25.80 centimetres
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Depth: 19 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- During consultations conducted with Tiwi Islanders at Jilamara Arts Centre and Munupi Arts and Crafts in June 2011, this object was described as a honey bag, made from paperbark with a handle of human hair. It is described in Tiwi as a 'pokaranga'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1972-1982 23 Jun-28 Feb, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, The Aborigines of Australia
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1927,1006.9