Summary
In the arid regions of Australia, the pelts of small animals were sometimes prepared and fashioned into pouches or bags. This pouch is said to have been made from the pelt of a possum by either Diyari or Yandruwandha people and was collected by A.W. Howitt during the expedition to locate Burke and Wills.
Physical Description
A pouch made from the skin of an animal (Trichosurus Vulpecula or Common brushtail possum) with fur on the outside.
Significance
This was collected by Alfred Howitt when he led the Victorian Relief Expedition to determine the fate of the explorers Burke and Wills.
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245 mm (Length), 125 mm (Width), 45 mm (Height)
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Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands, Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic
