Yam Totem
Milingimbi
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
1971
Bark, fiber, feathers, and ochres
Overall: 10 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (27 × 4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
172.2.25284
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Bush Church Aid Society, 135 Bathurst Street, Sydney, Australia [purchased for "MOVE", A Program of the Regional Center for Educational Training for the Dartmouth College Museum]; sold to present collection, 1972.
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