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Catalog Number

 CAS 2019-0004-0087   CAS 2019-0004-0087; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description Painting on a flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark; Painting shows five people standing on a boat painted in colors of rust brown, white, yellow, and black; Body of boat and sail are painted in fine line and geometric patterns.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 22.2, Width = 32.0, Length = 32.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0423-0053   CAS 0423-0053; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Melville Island
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.3, Thickness = 3.2, Length = 33.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0423-0054   CAS 0423-0054; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data City: Darwin
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.5, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 49.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0423-0055   CAS 0423-0055; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Pine Creek
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 55.2
Catalog Number CAS 0423-0056   CAS 0423-0056; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Pine Creek
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 37.4
Catalog Number CAS 0423-0058   CAS 0423-0058; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Pine Creek
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.9, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 42.4
Catalog Number CAS 2001-0004-0015   CAS 2001-0004-0015; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land; Liverpool River Escarpment
Maker's Name Nguleingulei
Date of Manufacture ca. 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description Painting on rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting pair of magpie geese standing next to each other; Geese are painted in colors of black with red, yellow, and white cross-hatching on their wings and heads; Their color patterns are slightly different, suggesting they may represent a male and a female; Top and bottom edges of paintings are reinforced against warping by peeled wooden rods that are lashed to the actual painting with plied native cordage or string.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.1, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 58.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 2001-0004-0016   CAS 2001-0004-0016; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land; Liverpool River Escarpment
Maker's Name Balirbalir
Date of Manufacture ca. 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description Painting on rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting single coiled snake whose body segments are painted with all over cross-hatched pattern in brown, white, and yellow; top and bottom edges of painting are reinforced against warping with peeled wooden rods that are lashed to the actual painting with plied native cordage or twine.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.4, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 49.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 1998-0007-0001   CAS 1998-0007-0001; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land; Yirrkala
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 39.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0423-0052A-C   CAS 0423-0052A-C; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine, Rirotjingo Tribe
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land
Maker's Name madaman
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description Painting entitled "Jumbuwal", depicting part of Thunder Man story; Upper half of painting shows 2 water spouts extending between the sea and clouds; Lower half of painting shows the 2 water spouts joined together, with a spray of water issuing from their base, depicted by white circle (see accompanying typewritten explanatory note written by artist); Pair of painted sticks bound at both ends originally attached along top edge as stretcher.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.3, Thickness = ca. 3.0, Length = 59.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 2013-0001-0001   CAS 2013-0001-0001; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine: Jinang Tribe
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land
Maker's Name Dan Gudinga (b. 1942)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1980s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description Earth pigment painting entitled “Totem Fish” on flat, rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting one large fish, surrounded by two smaller fish above it and two smaller fish and a tadpole (?) below it; Each figure is painted reddish brown and outlined in white; The largest fish and one of those at the top are also painted with alternating white, rust brown, and dark brown bands along the mid-sections of their bodies; Background of painting is black, and entire painting is framed by narrow brown band and two parallel white lines; Top and bottom edges of bark panel are somewhat rounded.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 22.5
Catalog Number CAS 2013-0001-0002   CAS 2013-0001-0002; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine: Milingimbi Tribe
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1980s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description Untitled bark painting done in earth pigments on a flat, rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting pair of black snakes with a stylized plant between them with alternating pairs of leaves in black and dark brown, all on a background of alternating white, dark brown, and mustard yellow cross-hatched bands; Painting is framed along all four edges by narrow black band.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 75.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 1988-0017-0001   CAS 1988-0017-0001; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Annie Sage
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.2, Length = 30.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 1988-0017-0002   CAS 1988-0017-0002; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Anita Swan
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.5, Length = 30.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 1988-0017-0003   CAS 1988-0017-0003; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Hilda Swan
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.7, Length = 30.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-1209   CAS 0370-1209; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Hopi (?)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name David Holt
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Block print entitled "Hopi Snake Dance" (State 2, #4/10) showing 2 groupings of snake dance figures, each printed multiple times in black ink in overlapping pattern; First group of 2 dancers and partial image of third dancer (with their faces in dark shadows) is printed 3 times in upper left quadrant and 3 times in upper right quadrant (but slightly lower than on left side); Full image of second group of 2 dancers is printed twice in lower left quadrant, flanked on either side by partial image (right hand figure only) of group; Full image of second group is printed twice also in lower right quadrant; Title and edition number are written in ink in lower left corner; Signed "David Holt" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.2, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 2006-0009-0022   CAS 2006-0009-0022; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a pen and ink drawing of a log food cache or cabin next to a sled atop a pile of logs and an inverted skin boat on a raised rack, and a number of large animal skins draped across a log, all in a very sparse forest covered in deep snow; Artist’s signature “George A. Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Scene is framed by a pale orange border; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Drawing by George Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 10287 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.0, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 2006-0009-0023   CAS 2006-0009-0023; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a drawing of a man being pulled on skis by three dogs through a very sparsely forested landscape in deep snow, with a row of mountains in the background; Man’s parka is colored red, the sky and foreground are colored turquoise green, and the snow is tinged blue and red; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Watercolor by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15E6 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 2006-0009-0024   CAS 2006-0009-0024; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a drawing of a man wearing a red parka dragging a seal across a snow and ice covered landscape, with numerous ice floes and a patch of open sea in the background; Sky is tinted turquoise green and the snow is tinged red and blue; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “Christmas Greetings AND BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Watercolor by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15E1 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 2006-0009-0025   CAS 2006-0009-0025; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a pen and ink drawing of a man and woman riding in a sled pulled by team of five dogs across a treeless and snow-covered landscape,with small ice floes in foreground and middle ground and band of mountains in background; Artist’s signature “George A. Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Scene is framed by red border with twinkling stars in all corners; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “Merry Christmas AND BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Drawing by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 10326 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9
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