Painting on Bark
Milingimbi
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
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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