Item X 10147 Container. Jingili. Powell Creek, Fitzmaurice, Northern Territory, Australia. 1900

Summary

This wooden container is boat shaped with the sharp edges at either end. The name recorded for it is "chingilli".

Physical Description

A boat shaped container carved from a single piece of wood with somewhat sharp edges. The outer surface is coated with red ochre and it and some of the inside surface is fluted. Three vertical stripes in white pipe clay are painted at either end of the outside.