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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