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bucket

human history
  • Other Name

    water vessel

  • Description

    Bucket, water vessel

    Made from bark, cane, gum, ochre, and plant fibre. Cylindrical shape. Body is made from thick tree bark that has been sewn into a cylindrical shape with cane. The base is sewn to body with cane. The seams have residue from black gum. Handles made from several strings of twinned plant fibre that are tied through small drilled holes in the bark, bark has broken away on opposing side resulting in handles unattached on one side

  • Place
    Western Australia/Australia
  • Accession Number
    1994.84
  • Accession Date
    26 Apr 1994
  • Other Id

    54757 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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