Possum Tree

Narritjin Maymuru, Manggalili / Australian, 1914 - 1981
Manggalili
Yirrkala
Northeast Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia

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1968

Bark Painting, Natural ochres on stringybark

Overall: 51 15/16 × 18 7/8 in. (132 × 48 cm)

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

2009.92.235

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Summer 2013

SART 31, SART 72, Painting II, Painting III, Jennifer Caine, Fall 2013

Provenance

Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Lot 533, Armadale, Victoria, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 2004; given to present collection, 2009.

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