Painting of a barramundi |
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| Title : | Painting of a barramundi |
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| Creator : | Unknown | ||
| Source : | PRG 1218/35/1722 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1948 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Mountford, Charles P., photographer | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 25 x 35 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Colour photograph of a painting created for C. P. Mountford in Oenpelli during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts a barramundi. The paintings of western Arnhem Land are less intricate than those of the North-east, and are more likely to feature bold designs on a monochromatic background. Bark paintings collected at Oenpelli featured totemic designs, spirit people (good spirits - mimis, bad spirits - mamandis) and dreaming stories, as well as images of plants, birds and animals, intended to increase their adundance. Mountford and the Expedition collected over 500 bark paintings from Arnhem Land area, many of which were later distributed by the Commonwealth Government to state museums and galleries. |
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| Coverage year : | 1948 |
| Region : | Northern Territory |
| Further reading : | American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948). Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1956-1964 |
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