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