1) Type of container 
[vessel] A coolamon is an Indigenous Australian carrying vessel. It is a multi-purpose shallow vessel, or dish with curved sides, ranging in length from 30–70 cm, and similar in shape to a canoe. Coolamons were traditionally used by Aboriginal women to carry water, fruits, nuts, as well as to cradle babies. Today when women gather bush tu...
A coolamon is a shallow dish made from wood or tree bark used in Australia for carrying water.
a basinlike dish made from wood or bark by Australian Aborigines.