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Catalog Number	CAS 2019-0004-0087
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description	Painting on a flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark; Painting shows five people standing on a boat painted in colors of rust brown, white, yellow, and black; Body of boat and sail are painted in fine line and geometric patterns.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 22.2, Width = 32.0, Length = 32.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0423-0053
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Melville Island
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 48.3, Thickness = 3.2, Length = 33.4

Catalog Number	CAS 0423-0054
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	City: Darwin
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 18.5, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 49.9

Catalog Number	CAS 0423-0055
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Pine Creek
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 15.1, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 55.2

Catalog Number	CAS 0423-0056
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Pine Creek
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 9.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 37.4

Catalog Number	CAS 0423-0058
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Pine Creek
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 11.9, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 42.4

Catalog Number	CAS 2001-0004-0015
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	Nguleingulei
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1973
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description	Painting on rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting pair of magpie geese standing next to each other; Geese are painted in colors of black with red, yellow, and white cross-hatching on their wings and heads; Their color patterns are slightly different, suggesting they may represent a male and a female; Top and bottom edges of paintings are reinforced against warping by peeled wooden rods that are lashed to the actual painting with plied native cordage or string.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 38.1, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 58.9

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

Catalog Number	CAS 1998-0007-0001
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; Yirrkala
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1950s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 27.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 39.8

Catalog Number	CAS 0423-0052A-C
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	bark painting
Culture	Australian Aborigine, Rirotjingo Tribe
Global Region	Australia
Country	Australia
State/Prov./Dist.	Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data	Reserve: Arnhem Land
Maker's Name	madaman
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1950s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description	Painting entitled "Jumbuwal", depicting part of Thunder Man story; Upper half of painting shows 2 water spouts extending between the sea and clouds; Lower half of painting shows the 2 water spouts joined together, with a spray of water issuing from their base, depicted by white circle (see accompanying typewritten explanatory note written by artist); Pair of painted sticks bound at both ends originally attached along top edge as stretcher.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 48.3, Thickness = ca. 3.0, Length = 59.0

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

Catalog Number	CAS 2013-0001-0002
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

Catalog Number	CAS 0370-1209
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Block print
Culture	Hopi (?)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Arizona
County	Navajo
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	David Holt
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name	Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials	Ink on paper
Description	Block print entitled "Hopi Snake Dance" (State 2, #4/10) showing 2 groupings of snake dance figures, each printed multiple times in black ink in overlapping pattern; First group of 2 dancers and partial image of third dancer (with their faces in dark shadows) is printed 3 times in upper left quadrant and 3 times in upper right quadrant (but slightly lower than on left side); Full image of second group of 2 dancers is printed twice in lower left quadrant, flanked on either side by partial image (right hand figure only) of group; Full image of second group is printed twice also in lower right quadrant; Title and edition number are written in ink in lower left corner; Signed "David Holt" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 60.2, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number	CAS 1988-0017-0001
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Block print
Culture	Inuit
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data	Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name	Annie Sage
Date of Manufacture	1979
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 40.2, Length = 30.3

Catalog Number	CAS 1988-0017-0002
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Block print
Culture	Inuit
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data	Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name	Anita Swan
Date of Manufacture	1979
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 36.5, Length = 30.1

Catalog Number	CAS 1988-0017-0003
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Block print
Culture	Inuit
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data	Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name	Hilda Swan
Date of Manufacture	1979
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 36.7, Length = 30.1

Catalog Number	CAS 2002-0005-0010
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Card
Culture	Iñupiaq (Inupiaq)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska and New York
County	Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name	George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper
Description	Christmas greeting card produced and marketed by American Artists Group in New York, imprinted on front with reproduction of pen and ink drawing of a group of parka-clad men driving a reindeer herd into a corral; Borderless image is printed in black and white with red and yellow accents on herders' gloves and parkas, turquoise colored sky, and blue foreground; Reproduced signature "George Ahgupuk, Shishmaref, Alaska" is imprinted in lower right corner; Message inside reads, "Greetings"; Reverse of card is imprinted "from the Watercolor by GEORGE A. AHGUPUK, AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y., No. 15 E 3, PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 15.1, Length = 12.0

Catalog Number	CAS 2002-0005-0011
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Card
Culture	Iñupiaq (Inupiaq)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska and New York
County	Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name	George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper
Description	Christmas greeting card produced and marketed by American Artists Group in New York, imprinted on front with reproduction of pen and ink drawing of a polar bear on an iceberg looking out over smaller ice floes and areas of open water; Image is printed in black and white with a turquoise-colored border; Message inside reads "Merry Christmas AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR"; Reverse of card is imprinted "from the Drawing by GEORGE AHGUPUK, AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y., No. 10143, PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 15.1, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number	CAS 2006-0009-0022
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Card
Culture	Iñupiaq (Inupiaq)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska and New York
County	Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name	George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper; Ink
Description	Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a pen and ink drawing of a log food cache or cabin next to a sled atop a pile of logs and an inverted skin boat on a raised rack, and a number of large animal skins draped across a log, all in a very sparse forest covered in deep snow; Artist’s signature “George A. Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Scene is framed by a pale orange border; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Drawing by George Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 10287 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 15.0, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number	CAS 2006-0009-0023
Category	Visual Arts
Object Name	Card
Culture	Iñupiaq (Inupiaq)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska and New York
County	Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data	City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name	George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper; Ink
Description	Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a drawing of a man being pulled on skis by three dogs through a very sparsely forested landscape in deep snow, with a row of mountains in the background; Man’s parka is colored red, the sky and foreground are colored turquoise green, and the snow is tinged blue and red; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Watercolor by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15E6 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9

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