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 THE THREE GRASS HOUSES ADJOINING THE DANCE AREA. SOLID ROUND LOG CUT FROM BALSA WOOD. PAINTED OVERALL WITH HERRING-BONE DESIGNS WHITE LINES ON BLACK, SEPARATED WITH RED BANDS. TOP END RED AND SECTION IN GROUND HAS RED WASH. PAINTED AREA 45.5 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: E387424-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Totem
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 149.22 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 8.26 cm