Painted Totem (Imudunga)
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: "USED IN THE ANNUAL CEREMONY CUSTOMARILY PERFORMED AT AMALIPA IN THE NORTH CENTRAL COAST AREA OF GROOTE EYLANDT. THIS TOTEM IS KEPT IN ONE OF THREE GRASS HOUSES ADJOINING THE DANCE AREA. PAINTED AND CARVED FROM BALSA LOG. TOP END CARVED AND PAINTED YELLOW WITH WHITE CHEVRONS, COLLAR PAINTED WHITE, THE REMAINING AREA DOWN TO SECTION IN GROUND IS PAINTED WITH YELLOW BANDS FORMING TRIANGLES OR DIAMONDS WITH WHITE DOTS. ALL OF THIS ON RED OCHRE. REVERSE SIDE OF TOP END HAS NO WHITE LINES. HEAD- LENGTH 15.5 IN., COLLAR 1.25 IN.; PAINTED AREA 49.13 IN.."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387423-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Totem
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 206 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm