A large, heavy, hardwood Aboriginal coolamon with pronounced adze marks. In ink on side: Yalata Mission.
This was a community in the sandy plains of South Australia where aboriginals from Atomic testing area of Maralinga were resettled in the early 1950's.
Coolamons were used for gathering food, sheltering infants, and other indispensable activities of Aboriginal life.
74 cm / 29 in long.
Ex. Australian Private Collection.
A large, heavy, hardwood Aboriginal coolamon with pronounced adze marks. In ink on side: Yalata Mission.
This was a community in the sandy plains of South Australia where aboriginals from Atomic testing area of Maralinga were resettled in the early 1950's.
Coolamons were used for gathering food, sheltering infants, and other indispensable activities of Aboriginal life.
74 cm / 29 in long.
Ex. Australian Private Collection.
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