Tray
Made of eucalyptus wood with a curved cradle-like shape, this Pitjantjatjara winnowing dish (piti) was used as a receptacle for gathering food, carrying water or winnowing seeds. It has been repaired in two places with a spinifex resin. Presented by the West Australian Museum at Perth, 1912.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 33/1953/28
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Household objects
- Material
- eucalyptus woodspinifex grass resin
- Common Name
- tray
- Simple Name
- dish
- Production County
- Kookynie District, Western Australia
- Production Country
- Australia
