Summary
This wooden painted sculpture represents a salmon or mackeral.
Physical Description
A figure of a fish carved from a single piece of softwood painted with natural pigments. It has a black base coat and a layer of white pipe clay is added to the body and the tail. The main body is decorated with cross-hatching of lines in red and yellow ochre and white pipe clay.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Animal figure
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Maker
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Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Date Produced
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Object Measurements
780 mm (Length), 220 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height), 1.18 kg (Weight)
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Classification
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Date Made
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Maker
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Place Made
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Indigenous Region
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Collection Names
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Type of item
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands