Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2001-0004-0016 | |
| 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 | |