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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