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human history
  • Other Name

    Bark painting

  • Description

    Painting. Ethnology register: Painted on heavy cardboard. Colours:- black, white, red, pink, orange, yellow ochre. Artist:- Tim Leura Tjapaltjari (sic). Tribe:- Anmajirra. Story:- "Old man Tjapaltjari was out tracking a kangaroo. He tracked it over clear ground and through the mulga near Napperby Creek. At a water hole called Lalatjurrkatjurrka, the old man finally speared the kangaroo

  • Place
    Pupunya/Alice Springs/Australia
  • Accession Number
    1977.12
  • Accession Date
    01 Feb 1977
  • Other Id

    47976 (ethnology)

    PB29 (1) (Reference Number)

  • Department

    World

    Art

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