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: "LARGE MALE FIGURE WITH MALAY PIPES, TWO KNIVES AND FOUR IRON AXES; YELLOW BODY, WHITE LINES ON RED. JIRITJA (WONDJUK INFORMANT) THE MAN WANATJAY IS HOLDING TWO PIPES, TWO STEEL KNIVES, AND THERE ARE FOUR METAL AXES. HE IS WEARING A BELT AND HAS A PAINTED DESIGN ON HIS CHEST, WHICH WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM MAKASSAR BY A NATIVE WHO WENT THERE ON A PRAU. LOANED TO THE EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA 2/19/75, RETURNED 6-6-1975."
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: E387461-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 38 cm