Summary
This painting could be the earliest known depiction on bark of a pregnant female spirit figure with a foetus. This is one of five bark paintings donated to the museum by Dr George Horne in 1922. One was later exchanged with the Australian Museum in Sydney. They were most likely collected in the late1800s or around 1900.
Physical Description
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark (Stringybark, Eucalyptus tetrodonta). The image is of a pregnant female spirit figure.
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Object/Medium
Painting, bark
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Maker
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Locality
Cape Don, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Date Collected
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Object Measurements
690 mm (Length), 300 mm (Width), 60 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands