Bark painting, Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, pre 1932

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Item X 40645 Painting, bark. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

Physical Description

A single sheet of bark (Stringybark, Eucalytpus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments. The image is of a baru, a crocodile.

Significance

This painting is amongst the earliest bark paintings produced at Milingimbi. The ones that predate these were collected by the American anthropologist Lloyd Warner (around 8 works) in 1927-8 and Olive Lambert (1 work painted on both sides) from around 1930.

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Object/Medium

Painting, bark
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

c.1930
Collector

Reverend Thomas T. Webb
Date Collected

1926 - 1932
Object Measurements

1285 mm (Length), 475 mm (Width), 70 mm (Height)
Keywords

Art
Collection Names

Rev T.T. Webb Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

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Item X 40645 Painting, bark. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

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Date Produced

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Date Collected

Object Measurements

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Type of item

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