Painting on Bark

Milingimbi
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia

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early 1950s

Ochres on bark

Overall: 23 1/8 × 9 13/16 × 1/8 in. (58.7 × 25 × 0.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles, California

55.20.13261

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Exhibition History

Cultural Exchange, the Body, and Art and Technology, Art History 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 25-March 9, 2003.

Peoples of Oceania: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-30, 1995.

Provenance

Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967), Los Angeles, California; by exchange (#101) to present collection, 1955.

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