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: "TWO PANELS, ONE WITH REPTILES, YELLOW BODIES, RED DOTS, ON RED; THE OTHER PANEL CROSS-HATCHED LINES AND CHEVRONS. SACRED (WONDJUK INFORMANT) THERE ARE 3 SHORT SNAKES (DUMBARNING) AND 7 LONG ONES (UWAROKO) WHICH DRINK AT A CERTAIN BILLABONG TO STRENGTHEN THEIR POISON. THE BLUE-TONGUE LIZARD (GUNGALONG) IS ALSO ON THE SAME MISSION. THIS BILLABONG IS TJUTJOWA (OR TJUTJORWI?) BETWEEN CALEDON AND BLUE MUD BAYS."
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: E387458-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 102 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34.3 cm