Carving, Australia, Desert East

Source: Museums Victoria

Reuse this image

Can I reuse this image without permission? No Cross

Request image

Attribute this image

Museums Victoria

https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/241615

Request image

Conditions of use

Museums Victoria does not own the copyright in all the material on this website. In some cases copyright belongs to third parties and has been published here under a licence agreement: this does not authorise you to copy that material. You may be required to obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Some unpublished material may require permission for reuse even if it is very old. Orphan works, where the copyright owner is unknown, also require permission for reuse. First Peoples works may have additional legal and cultural issues. You may be required to seek cultural clearances from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, families, individuals or organisations before you reproduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material.

Images (2)

Videos (0)

Audio (0)

Item X 97373 Ulhelke | Animal figure. Alyawarr. MacDonnell Ranges, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1880

Local Name

Ulhelke

Physical Description

Carved wooden Lizard. Has diamond shaped head and stumpy tail. Four legs are carved from the solid. Crescent shaped pokerwork on top and bottom of body. Eyes, nose and mouth have been burnt into head. Natural wood finish.

More Information

Object/Medium

Animal figure
Maker

Unrecorded
Cultural Groups

Alyawarr
Locality

MacDonnell Ranges, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

c.1880
Collector

Mr Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria
Date Collected

1995
Object Measurements

450 mm (Length), 75 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

about 1880
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Arrernte
Place Made

MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Keywords

Carving
Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY MESSAGE – Please read

Language

Feedback

Reuse this image

Attribute this image

Conditions of use

Item X 97373 Ulhelke | Animal figure. Alyawarr. MacDonnell Ranges, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1880

Local Name

Physical Description

More Information

Object/Medium

Maker

Cultural Groups

Locality

Date Produced

Collector

Date Collected

Object Measurements

Classification

Date Made

Maker

Clan/Language Group

Place Made

Indigenous Region

Keywords

Collection Names

Type of item

Discipline

Category

Collecting Areas