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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 11-45534, described as Woven, open mesh, string bag with drawstring closure. Woven of fiber that is variegated in color so that bag varies from ecru to caramel to sepia to taupe in 25-30 bands of color. Purchased from Yirrkala Arts and Crafts, Yirrkala, Northern Territories, by Nancy Williams. Gifted by Ms. Williams to Elizabeth Colson.

Hearst Museum object titled Bark painting, accession number 11-45527, described as Bark painting of a fish + a fishes tail. Background and parts of the fishes' body are crosshatched with sepia, white, brown or black paint. 2-lobed figures and hourglass figures painted solid brown are solid or decorated with sepia & white crosshatched striped alternate with the wavy bands crosshatched with white or sepia & brown paint. Wooden braces are attached to each end of the painting. Purchased in 1965.

Hearst Museum object titled Bark painting, accession number 11-45528, described as Bark painting of a reptile. Animal is grey outlined & highlighted in white, and decorated the full length of its body with bands of small dots (white, black, sepia, yellow ochre). On either side of the animal are plants with yellow ochre stems, sepia and ochre leaves, all either outlined w/ white lines of row of white dots. Background is dark brown. A twine hanging harness surrounds the piece. "Djumal + 36-466" inscribed on back. Purchased in 1965.

Hearst Museum object titled Bark painting, accession number 11-45531, described as Bark painting features: (right end) a narrow white vertical band bordered by bands of black, edges a vertical band divided into 5 sections by narrow sepia bands outlined with white. The center sections is decorated with 2 dark brown roundels outlined in white one of which overlays part of the next vertical band. The sections on either side of the center segment each contain the imprint of a dark brown foot outlined with white. A band crosshatched in white paint and outlined with sepia and white borders the 5-segment band. Beyond these vertical bands are 18 horizontal bands of variegated widths, crosshatched with white paint bordered in sepia& white, or sepia, bordered by sepia & white, alternating with unpainted bands. In the center is a object in the shape of at "tatting" or weaving shuttle, painted dark brown on each end, and with diamond shaped decoration in the center. Diamonds are crosshatched with white paint. Dividing the center and end sections are bands of crosshatched white outlined with sepia and white. Split wooden sticks lashed together at each end edge each end of the painting.

Hearst Museum object titled Bark painting, accession number 11-45529, described as Bark painting of a creature with a dark brown, egg-shaped body and 2 "arms", each with 2 "fingers". Body is decorated with 2 sets of 5 narrow white stripes, two slit eyes. Ground is of dark brown over which 5 groups of 3 bands radiate from the creatures body painted sepia w/ short white longitudinal lines repeated the length of each. Behind these lines are alternating bands of crosshatching painted white, sepia, and yellow ochre. Top and bottom are bordered with pieces of wood lashed at each end. Purchased in 1965.

Hearst Museum object titled Crocodile figurine, accession number 11-45526, described as Carved wooden figure of a crocodile, decorated with red paint (head, rear legs, tail) and carved hatch marks and a relief of a fish on its back and a bird on its belly (unpainted). Legs are knobs. 1987. Figure came with broken, wood, stand.

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle, accession number 11-45525, described as Small teardrop gourd, carved with repeating design of scallop bands separated by a dotted band. Stem is intact and seeds can be heard rattling inside of gourd.

Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-45524, described as Leaf shaped metal shield, painted w/ 6 bands of alternating triangles: orange/white, green/red, green/white, red/green, red/white, red green. A handle on the back if of heavy gauge wire, wrapped with fabric and affixed from back to front with wire cleats. Metal is folded toward back ¼ inch all around the edge. Shield is formed from two pieces of metal riveted together (possibly an oil drum). 1957.