Bark painting

Museum number:
11-39561
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Accession number:
Acc.2612
Description:
Bark painting; spider in web outlined with circle; outer design is lines with dog motif one cross-hatched ground; eucalyptus bark with red, white, black and yellow pigments. Probably made for sale but based on traditional aboriginal sacred art form.
Donor:
Mary Garst
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bark paintings
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 30, 1970
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 71.7 centimeters and width 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-39561, described as Bark painting; spider in web outlined with circle; outer design is lines with dog motif one cross-hatched ground; eucalyptus bark with red, white, black and yellow pigments. Probably made for sale but based on traditional aboriginal sacred art form.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-39561, described as Bark painting; spider in web outlined with circle; outer design is lines with dog motif one cross-hatched ground; eucalyptus bark with red, white, black and yellow pigments. Probably made for sale but based on traditional aboriginal sacred art form.

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