Wooden Coolamon

WOODEN COOLAMON WITH POKERWORK DESIGN ON BOTTOM SIDE

BOWL SIDE OF WOODEN COOLAMON

 

   

Purchased in 1980 from Aboriginal Traditional Arts In Perth, Western Australia and were labeled as made in the Western Desert. It has Code WW16 011.

COOLAMON (PITI BOWL)

Creation Story: Coolamon fell from the sky with baby in it:

https://theconversation.com/stories-from-the-sky-astronomy-in-indigenous-knowledge-33140

NMA ATSIAA Collection – Wooden coolamon with pokerwork design

Coolamon

Australian Indigenous tools and technology | australia.gov.au

Aboriginal inventions: 10 enduring innovations – Australian Geographic