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: "FOUR PANELS. NUMEROUS MYTHOLOGICAL HUMAN FIGURES, CROSS-HATCHED AREAS. WHITE AND YELLOW ON RED. REFER: MOUNTFORD: ARNHEM LAND, V. I, PL.93(D), & PP. 293-4. HUNTING SCENE AT CALEDON BAY, AT A PLACE CALLED WAY-O-WI. BOTTOM PANELS ARE THE CAMP WITH THE FIRES, A HUMPY WITH A FIRE AT ITS ENTRANCE AND FIREWOOD IN A HEAP AT ONE SIDE. THE PEOPLE LEAVE THE CAMP, AND THE FIRE CATCHES IN THE GRASS AND BUSH, SPREADING UPWARDS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT RESPECTIVELY IN THE DRAWING. THE LONGITUDINAL MIDDLE BAND IS A CREEK, AND THE TRANSVERSE CROSS-HATCHED BANDS ARE HILLS. AT THE TOP LEFT IS ANOTHER CREEK IN THE GEOMETRICAL PANEL." 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: E387472-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 46.35 cm