Sugar Bag

Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island)
Northeast Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia

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about 1980

Bark Painting, Natural ochres on stringybark

Overall: 37 3/16 × 18 7/8 in. (94.5 × 48 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner

2009.92.2

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Provenance

Craig Lennard, Australia; sold through eBay to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 13, 2004; given to present collection, 2009.

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