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 PANELS, MOSTLY BIRDS. RED, YELLOW AND WHITE ON BLACK. REFER: MOUNTFORD: ARNHEM LAND, V. I, PL. 95(A) & P. 298. JIRITJA. (WONDJUK INFORMANT) TOP IS A LAND SCENE BEHIND THE LOWER BEACH SCENE. TOP LEFT IS A FLOCK OF EMUS, AND YAMS (JUKUA). TOP RIGHT ARE EMUS AND THEIR TRACKS, AND A WHITE COCKATOO (SEE CARD FOR SMALL DRAWING) FLYING UP WHEN STARTLED BY THE EMUS. THE CROSS-HATCHED FRAME IS A SANDHILL. BOTTOM PANEL IS A BEACH ON WHICH ARE SEEN SHAGS (MA:DU) (BLACK BIRDS) ONE OF WHICH IS ON A ROCK, TWO PARROT-FISH TOO BIG FOR THEM TO SWALLOW, AND YELLOW AND WHITE BIRDS WHICH ARE GREY HERONS (KAULAUWITBIT) CATCHING CRABS. THE PATTERN OF HOLES AND BROKEN LINES REPRESENTS CRAB-HOLES AND THEIR TRACKS. SITE AT DJERAKBI, CAPE STEWART."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2021
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: E387468-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 81 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 61 cm