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. REPRESENTS A SERPENT PAINTED IN BROAD YELLOW OCHRE BANDS WITH TRIANGLES OF WHITE LINES. A CRUDE HEAD CARVED AT TOP WITH TWO WHITE EYES. CHARRED SURFACE ON REVERSE SIDE. FLAT ELLIPTICAL IN CROSS SECTION. PATTERN AREA. CARVED HEAD, PAINTED YELLOW 15 INCHES. SERPENT DESIGN 36 INCHES."
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: E387422-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Totem
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 175.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11.4 cm