Bark painting

Museum number:
11-37417
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Accession number:
Acc.1865
Description:
Bark painting; red ground; human figure in black with white outline; two banded red snakes on black ground; linear designs in red, black, yellow, white.
Donor:
Richard A. Waterman
Collection place:
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bark paintings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 66 centimeters and width 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-37417, described as Bark painting; red ground; human figure in black with white outline; two banded red snakes on black ground; linear designs in red, black, yellow, white.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-37417, described as Bark painting; red ground; human figure in black with white outline; two banded red snakes on black ground; linear designs in red, black, yellow, white.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-37417, described as Bark painting; red ground; human figure in black with white outline; two banded red snakes on black ground; linear designs in red, black, yellow, white.

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