Coolamon (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 men to carry water, fruits, nuts, as well as to cradle babies. Today when women gather bush tucker, they usually use a billy can, bucket or flour tin. Coolamons were carried on the head when travelling any distance, or under the arm if used as a cradle. If carried on the head, a ring pad (akartne in Arrernte) was placed on the head, made out of possum and/or human hair string, twisted grass, or feathers.

This helped to cushion and support the carriage of the coolamon; the same purpose as those used by women in India and Africa to carry vessels on their heads. The Pintupi of the Western Desert would attach a double strand of plaited rope (ngalyibi) made of hair or plant fibre to sling the coolamon over their shoulders. They also wore smaller coolamons as hats, with the twine around the chin.

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Vessel

Vessel or vessels may refer to:

Biology

Blood vessel, a part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body

Lymph vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph

Vessel element, a narrow water transporting tube in plants

Container

Bowl (vessel), a common open-top container

Drinking vessel, for holding drinkable liquids

Pressure vessel, designed to hold fluids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure

Watercraft

Marine vessel, a nautical term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water, such as ships, boats or submarines.

Sailing vessel (disambiguation)

Art, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups

Vessels (band), a British post-rock and electronic band

Abums

Vessel (Dark Time Sunshine album)

Vessel (DVD), a 2003 video album by Björk

Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album), 2013

Vessels (Ivoryline album), 2010

Vessels (Wolf & Cub album), 2006

Songs

"Vessel", by Bodyjar, from Role Model Album (2013)

"Vessel", a song by Nine Inch Nails from the album Year Zero

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Vessel (website)

Vessel is a subscription video service launched in 2015 by the early team behind Hulu, including former CEO Jason Kilar and Richard Tom.

Company history

The service resembles that of YouTube, whereby a viewer can watch videos for free. However viewers can add "Early Access" at a monthly fee to their account, which allows them to view videos a minimum of 72 hours before the video is released to the general public. Vessel has since created mobile applications for iOS and Android devices which optimizes the videos for mobile viewing.

The idea behind the site was that creators would be able to gain more revenue from their videos than on YouTube due to the subscription fee as well as advertisements.

Since the site was created, YouTube stars such as Linus Sebastian, Connor Franta, Caspar Lee, Tanya Burr, Good Mythical Morning, Marcus Butler, Kent Heckel and Jack Vale have signed up to have their content streamed on Vessel.