Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Dish, wooden, 1900 circa (Approximate)
... aboriginal bark dish..."Aboriginal bark dish - used to get ashes to rub on new...-island-and-the-bass-coast "Aboriginal bark dish - used to get ...
"Aboriginal bark dish - used to get ashes to rub on new born babies to harden their skin.
Brought from McCrays Station, Murchison in Western Australia by my brother Joe,
early this century 1904"Wooden dish, scoop shape, no design or colouring, rough rim.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, domestic implement, aboriginal bark dish
