Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0006-0003 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Bark painting | |
| Culture | Australian Aborigine | |
| Global Region | Australia | |
| Country | Australia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northern Territory | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Groote Eylandt; Angurugu | |
| Maker's Name | Neikungapa | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1965 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments | |
| Description | Painting on flat sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Journey of the Mythical Sawfish", telling the story of a sawfish that dug the Angurugu River across Groote Eylandt; Painting is done in white, mustard yellow, and rust brown pigments on a black background and depicts two sawfish excavating a water channel. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 47.1, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 68.1 | |