Carving, Australia, Desert Central

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Item X 88634 Carving. Ngaanyatjarra. Warakurna, Desert Central, Western Australia, Australia

Physical Description

Carved wooden bat from a single piece of wood. It consists of central body from which wings extend at each side. Decorated with poker-work on central body part only with mottled effect and facial features. 'Molly' written in pencil on underside.

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Object/Medium

Carving
Maker

Molly Yates
Cultural Groups

Ngaanyatjarra
Locality

Warakurna, Desert Central, Western Australia, Australia
Collector

Gaye Sculthorpe
Date Collected

1990
Object Measurements

155 mm (Length), 70 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1990s
Maker

Molly Yates
Clan/Language Group

Ngaanyatjarra
Place Made

Warakurna, Western Australia, 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 88634 Carving. Ngaanyatjarra. Warakurna, Desert Central, Western Australia, Australia

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