Names

Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting Collection

IDs

SAMA 50

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Descriptions

Approximately 530 Aboriginal bark paintings from the Northern Australian coastal region

Further information may be found in specimen document files. Related collection notes: Associated archival component held in the SAM Archives collections

Subjects

19th Century to present; Aboriginal material culture; Arnhem Land; Bark; Bentinck Island; Crocodile Island; Croker Island; Elcho island; Field Island; Goulburn Island; Goyder River; Groote Eylandt; Maningrida; Melville Island; Milingimbi; Mornington Island; Northern Territory; Oenpelli; Painting; Port Keats; Ramingining; Yirrkala

Aboriginal art; Aboriginal peoples; Bark painting

Aboriginal art; Aboriginal culture; Aboriginal peoples (Australians); Bark paintings; Paintings

Bark paintings

Coverage Spatial

Mornington Island; Milingimbi; Elcho island; Crocodile Island; Croker Island; Maningrida; Port Keats; Bentinck Island; Goyder River; Ramingining; Oenpelli; Melville Island; Field Island; Yirrkala; Arnhem Land; Goulburn Island; Groote Eylandt; Northern Australian coastal region; Northern Territory

Coverage Temporal

1800

1899

Related Collections

Dates

2012-05-30 23:41

2011-03-18 23:55