Log Coffin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PAINTED WITH CROSS-HATCHED DESIGNS AND A NARROW PANEL SHOWING 3 FISH, 1 NATIVE COMPANION [brolga / Australian crane], 5 AMOEBA-LIKE FORMS WHICH MAY REPRESENT SNAKES (TJALNING). THE LOWER SECTION HAS TWO NARROW PANELS - ONE PANEL ILLUSTRATES 3 SNAKES AND THE SECOND PANEL HAS 3 FISH. AT THE UPPER END ARE TWO CIRCULAR HOLES OUTLINED IN WHITE (DIAM. 1 IN.). THIS REPRESENTS EYES IN WHICH THE ARM BONES OF THE DECEASED ARE PLACED. FIVE POINTED PRONGS 13.5 IN. LONG REPRESENT THE MOUTH AND TEETH OF A MYTHICAL MONSTER. THIS MAY HAVE COME FROM TJAMURAMARA, A DREAMING PLACE OF THE KARTJI GROUP OF THE WULAKI DISTRICT, CAPE STEWART. (REPAIRED IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LABORATORY.)"
label: Notes
content: No human remains are present.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387534-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Memorial Coffin
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 118.1 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 12.07 cm