Summary
The two snakes with spiked tails are death adders and "narenma" is the name recorded for these. The other snake is recorded as an ancestor known as "gnabadaua". This work was amongst a suite of 64 bark paintings that reproduced images from the rock art galleries of western Arnhem Land. The paintings were commissioned for the museum by Paddy Cahill, the pastoralist at Oenpelli, at the request of Baldwin Spencer.
Physical Description
A sheet of bark (Stringybark, Eucalyptus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments. The image depicts three snakes.
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Object/Medium
Painting, bark
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Locality
Alligator River, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Object Measurements
1640 mm (Length), 600 mm (Width), 70 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands