Bark painting

Museum number:
11-38377
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2173
Description:
Bark painting; on black ground of goanna swamp yams; goanna predominately grey with yellow, black, white,, and ochre polka dots, white outline; white outlined ochre foliage; Back marked: “Djunnu (?); Port Keats”
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Port Keats mission, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bark paintings
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 48 centimeters and width 21.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-38377, described as Bark painting; on black ground of goanna swamp yams; goanna predominately grey with yellow, black, white,, and ochre polka dots, white outline; white outlined ochre foliage; Back marked: “Djunnu (?); Port Keats”Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-38377, described as Bark painting; on black ground of goanna swamp yams; goanna predominately grey with yellow, black, white,, and ochre polka dots, white outline; white outlined ochre foliage; Back marked: “Djunnu (?); Port Keats”Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-38377, described as Bark painting; on black ground of goanna swamp yams; goanna predominately grey with yellow, black, white,, and ochre polka dots, white outline; white outlined ochre foliage; Back marked: “Djunnu (?); Port Keats”

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