Painting depicts a waisted rectangular figure within a thin rectangular frame
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- Type
- Bark paintings
- Date
- 12 June 1948
- Place
- Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia; Milingimbi, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
- Materials
- Bark, Pigment, Wood
- Collection
- American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) collection
- Accession number
- 1985.0067.0052
Description
Bark painting featuring ochres on bark, in a wooden box frame. The painting depicts a waisted rectangular figure within a thin rectangular frame. The figure is divided into panels, and decorated with coloured dots. The "waist" is composed of three yellow lines. and the background is black.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 4:58:24 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-23. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.