Painted Totem
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: "REPRESENTS (YUMORANDA) A FRESH WATER TURTLE. REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST SACRED TOTEMS. ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONAL MIGRATIONS. THIS WAS MADE BY CHARLIE. SEE FRANK M. SETZLER'S PHOTOS. MADE FROM BALSA LOG OBTAINED NEAR THOMPSON'S BAY. HUMAN HEAD OUTLINED AND PAINTED BLACK FOREHEAD, RED FACE, YELLOW NOSE, WHITE AND YELLOW DOTS FOR CHIN. BELOW NECK, DESIGN CONSISTS OF YELLOW BANDS WITH WHITE DOTS AND CROSS HATCHED LINES. PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES."
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: E387421-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Totem
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 138.76 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.53 cm