Accession Number: X49715

Museum: Museum Victoria, Melbourne (Museums Victoria)

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Date Collected: 1928

Where from: Tully River

Description: L1600 x W1100mm

Bark blanket made from natural bark beaten into a thin blanket, with cotton and design with natural ochre pigment decorating surface. ‘Usually made from Ficus sp. or Melaleuca sp., which appears to have been restricted to the northeast coast’ (Brayshaw; 102)

NB: Not clear exactly where along the long Tully River that this item was collected from.

Contact: Dr Lindy Allen, Senior Curator, Anthropology (Northern Australia), Museums Victoria/Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC 3053 AUSTRALIA

Email: lallen@museum.vic.gov.au