Bark Painting: Diver Dance
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 2010
label: Collection Date
content: 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Eric R. Pianka
label: Donor Name
content: Eric R. Pianka
notes: label: Notes
content: Black background, painted with scene of a bird with fish in its beak, surrounded by 5 more fish. Bird and fish have yellow heads and red, white, and yellow crosshatching on the bodies. According to the donor, this was painted by Lipundja; depicts anhinga (water bird) and some fish.
label: Notes
content: Label on the back reads: "Diver Dance. The diver dance is the final dance of the Gupapuynu [a.k.a. Gupapuyngu] mortuary rites -- Djalambu. The diver sits in the trees surrounding a waterhole in which swim unsuspecting fish. Then the diver plunges upon the fish from its high watching point. The black background represents the power of that dive. Painted by Lipundja (1). Milingimbi Methodist Mission, Arnhem Land, North Australia."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Aug 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Darwin / Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Darwin / Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2051670
label: USNM Number
content: E433286-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 89 cm
label: Width
content: 56 cm