Bark Painting: Djambarrpuynu Mortuary Rites
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: Medium brown background, covered with various animal motifs (lizard, snakes, bird) outlined and crosshatched in white, yellow, brown, and black. According to the donor, this depicts scene at waterhole with an anhinga (water bird), a water monitor lizard, a snake, several fish and yams.
label: Notes
content: A label pasted on the back reads: "Djambarrpuynu [a.k.a. Djambarrpuyngu] Mortuary Rites. The above cycle tells in song and dance, the habits of the various flora and fauna found in and around a certain waterhole on the narby mainland. Here a large freshwater goanna is attacking a grass snake, whilst nearby a diver prepares to plunge upon unsuspecting fish. Around the waterhole grow many yams. 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: E433285-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 108 cm
label: Width
content: 60 cm