Carving, Australia, Desert Southeast

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Item X 50531 Itjaritjari | Animal figure. Wirangu. Ooldea, Desert Southeast, South Australia, Australia. pre 1958

Local Name

Itjaritjari

Physical Description

Carved wooden animal. Possibly an echidna or marsupial mole. Upper and lower surface has pokerwork decoration. Figure appears to have residue of red ochre covering.

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Object/Medium

Animal figure
Maker

Unrecorded
Cultural Groups

Wirangu
Locality

Ooldea, Desert Southeast, South Australia, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1958
Date Collected

c.1958
Object Measurements

200 mm (Length), 90 mm (Width), 70 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1920-1930
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara
Place Made

Ooldea, South Australia, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Keywords

Carving
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 50531 Itjaritjari | Animal figure. Wirangu. Ooldea, Desert Southeast, South Australia, Australia. pre 1958

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Date Made

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Place Made

Indigenous Region

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