Bark Painting
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TWO PANELS; SHARKS AND DUGONGS, YELLOW BODIES OUTLINED WITH WHITE LINES AND CROSS-HATCHING; WHITE AND YELLOW ON RED. (WONDJUK & MOALUN INFORMANTS) AT THE TOP IS A SAILFISH (GUNDARUNGA) WITH A YOUNG ONE IN THE WATER WHICH THEY DISTURB AS THEY SWIM ALONG THE SURFACE. AT THE BOTTOM ARE TWO DUGONGS AMONGST THE SEA-GRASS UPON WHICH THEY FEED. IT IS CALLED KUMMATA."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387470-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 94 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48 cm