Bark coffin

Museum number:
11-2126
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Accession number:
Acc.638
Description:
Painted bark coffin for exhumed bones. Ochre red, white in cross- hatched designs.
Donor:
William Lloyd Warner
Collection place:
Northeast Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
William Lloyd Warner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coffins
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1966-1967 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (January 5, 1967–January 20, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bark coffin, accession number 11-2126, described as Painted bark coffin for exhumed bones. Ochre red, white in cross- hatched designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bark coffin, accession number 11-2126, described as Painted bark coffin for exhumed bones. Ochre red, white in cross- hatched designs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bark coffin, accession number 11-2126, described as Painted bark coffin for exhumed bones. Ochre red, white in cross- hatched designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bark coffin, accession number 11-2126, described as Painted bark coffin for exhumed bones. Ochre red, white in cross- hatched designs.

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