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Bark painting
Museum number:
11-43181
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110043181
Accession number:
Acc.3999
Object count:
1
Description:
Bark painting: “The Turtle Hunt: Circumcision Ceremony.” On red ground; depicts a red canoe with two black figures rowing it amongst a group of black turtles and fish. Water made up of diagonal lines. 45 x 77 cm.
Donor:
Louis A. Allen
Collection place:
Milingimbi region, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Milingimbi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bark paintings
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 77 centimeters and width 45 centimeters
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