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 MAIN PANELS ILLUSTRATING MYTHICAL TRADITION. YELLOW, WHITE AND RED DRAWINGS ON BLACK BACKGROUND. HORIZONTAL, TREES ON RIGHT: HUNTING SCENE: (LEFT TO RIGHT) BOTTOM LEFT ARE 3 LILY PLANTS, BEARING LEAVES (ABOVE), THEN 5 ROWS OF LILY ROOTS IN A BILLABONG ABOVE TWO KINGFISH (BETWEEN CLOUDS). THE NEXT NARROW PANEL SHOWS A DOG (RED), A WOMAN GATHERING LILY ROOTS, AND THREE LITTLE FRESHWATER FISH (BAYPINGA, MAGPUNA AND BILDA). MIDDLE PANEL: TWO SHAGS LOOKING FOR THE FISH IN THE SHALLOW WATER - THE MUDDY BARK IS CROSS HATCHED. RIGHT PANEL: TREES (RU:LKA:RI GROWING ALONG THE RIVER BANKS, THE DOTS ARE THEIR FRUIT FALLING DOWN AND THERE IS A TORRES STRAIT PIGEON (MARI-UL), SPIDER (GA:RR) WEBS. AND YOUNG PIGEON IN A NEST." SEE CARD FOR TWO SMALL 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: E387442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 105.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 47 cm