Carving, Australia, Desert Central

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Item X 88378 Lungkata | Carving. Pitjantjatjara. Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1962

Local Name

Lungkata

Physical Description

Lizard carved from Mulga wood. Flat with short stumpy legs at side; head is diamond-shaped and ends in a point. Decorated with pokerwork. Back has bands of pokerwork across body; head has mirror-imaged arcs; legs are marked with pokerwork arcs; anus marked underneath.

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Object/Medium

Carving
Maker

Unrecorded
Cultural Groups

Pitjantjatjara
Locality

Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

c.1962
Collector

Charles Weetman
Date Collected

1962
Object Measurements

380 mm (Length), 70 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1962
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Yankunyjatjara/Pitjantjatjara
Place Made

Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 88378 Lungkata | Carving. Pitjantjatjara. Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1962

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