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: "THREE TURTLES, SHELLS CROSS-HATCHED WITH WHITE AND RED LINES. BROWN, RED AND WHITE ON BLACK. HUNTING SCENE (WONDJUK INFORMANT) TWO HAWKSBILL TURTLES (MALE & FEMALE) AND ONE GREENBACK TURTLE ARE SHOWN IN THE CROSS-HATCHED PANELS ON RIGHT OF SEAWEED. ON THE LEFT IS A TURTLE AMONG THE CORAL (CROSS-HATCHED). THE TWO HAWKSBILL TURTLES ARE NEAR THE WESTERN SHORE OF PORT BRADSHAW AND THE GREENBACK TURTLE IS A BREMMER ISLAND." SEE CARD FOR DRAWINGS.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387446-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 92.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 51 cm