Bark painting

Museum number:
11-39562
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Accession number:
Acc.2612
Description:
Bark painted; emu in “x-ray” style showing internal organs; red ground; white cross-hatching on body of bird, unfinished zigzag on its back; eucalyptus bark with black, white, and red pigment. Probably made for sale but was 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 75 centimeters and width 34.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bark painting, accession number 11-39562, described as Bark painted; emu in “x-ray” style showing internal organs; red ground; white cross-hatching on body of bird, unfinished zigzag on its back; eucalyptus bark with black, white, and red pigment. Probably made for sale but was based on traditional Aboriginal sacred art form.

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