This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...The soft-wood pitchis (Figs. 251-256) are made with comparative ease, because the wood of the bean tree out of which they are manufactured can be manipulated without much difficulty. A solid block is first of all cut from the tree with a ground stone axe and then chipped down roughly to the required shape. This, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...The soft-wood pitchis (Figs. 251-256) are made with comparative ease, because the wood of the bean tree out of which they are manufactured can be manipulated without much difficulty. A solid block is first of all cut from the tree with a ground stone axe and then chipped down roughly to the required shape. This, however, varies much according to the purpose for which it is to be used. There are, generally speaking, two main types of softwood pitchis, one being more or less shallow and troughshaped, the other boat-shaped. The first type is shown in Fig. 251. It may be either very shallow, with almost flat, open ends, or the ends and sides may be curved up, to a greater or lesser extent, the extreme form being shown in Fig. 256, in which the two sides actually curve over. As a general rule the outer surface is marked by fine grooves that run parallel to one another from end to end, the inner surface being smooth or perhaps marked with wide shallow grooves. Very often these pitchis are pointed at their ends, and they are all typically coated with red ochre and often decorated with designs in yellow ochre, charcoal and white pipe-clay. The boat-shaped pitchis (Figs. 257, 258) are very characteristic of the Warramunga and neighbouring tribes, and look just as if they were made to float in water. In reality no member of the Warramunga tribe has ever seen such a thing as a boat, for which they have no use whatever, as the small creeks that cross their country rarely contain flowing water. The pitchis vary in length from less than a foot to as much as four feet, and are always constructed so that they will stand upright on the ground and can be rocked about from side to side without any danger of their overturning. They are used for carrying food and water, but, fo...
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