Aboriginal bark painting: black background, red, yellow, white ochre paintings. From Leonhard Adams’ own collection; figures represent 1 stingray, 2 other fishes, 2 snakes, 1 long-necked tortoise, 1 bird, 1 large lizard of the Veranus family (the popular ‘guana’) and a small human figure.
Donor:
University of Melbourne
Collection place:
Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bark paintings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)