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Names

Name PrimaryAustralian Aboriginal Bark Painting Collection

IDs

ID LocalSAMA 50

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionApproximately 530 Aboriginal bark paintings from the Northern Australian coastal region

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

Subjects

local19th 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

scotAboriginal art; Aboriginal peoples; Bark painting

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

pontBark paintings

Coverage Spatial

TextMornington 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

From1800

To1899

Related Collections

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 23:55