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Object Number 30-54-70/D3462
Display Title Bark for guanwabible ceremony
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark painting, rectangular, polychrome designs with snake, bird, and turtle
Classification
  • Special
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Materials Bark, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 115.5 x 28.8 x 0.4 cm (45 1/2 x 11 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-3462; 45.1245 / Cambridge
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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