Brief description
Approximately 530 Aboriginal bark paintings from the Northern Australian coastal regionNotes
Further information may be found in specimen document files. Related collection notes: Associated archival component held in the SAM Archives collectionsData time period: 1800 to 1899
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Mornington Island
text: Milingimbi
text: Elcho island
text: Crocodile Island
text: Croker Island
text: Maningrida
text: Port Keats
text: Bentinck Island
text: Goyder River
text: Ramingining
text: Oenpelli
text: Melville Island
text: Field Island
text: Yirrkala
text: Arnhem Land
text: Goulburn Island
text: Groote Eylandt
text: Northern Australian coastal region
text: Northern Territory
Subjects
19th Century to present |
Aboriginal art |
Aboriginal culture |
Aboriginal material culture |
Aboriginal peoples |
Aboriginal peoples (Australians) |
Arnhem Land |
Bark paintings |
Bentinck Island |
Crocodile Island |
Croker Island |
Elcho island |
Field Island |
Goulburn Island |
Goyder River |
Groote Eylandt |
Maningrida |
Melville Island |
Milingimbi |
Mornington Island |
Northern Territory |
Oenpelli |
Painting |
Port Keats |
Ramingining |
Yirrkala |
bark |
bark painting |
paintings |
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Identifiers
- Local : SAMA 50