Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0001-0001 | |
| 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 | |