Photo by Trish Barnard
Accession Number: A42217
Museum: South Australian Museum
Date Acquired:
Collector: Ursula McConnel (1888-1957)
Date Collected: 1927-1934
Where from: Yarrabah
Description: L720 x W210mm
Carved wood with natural pigments, decorated with the Tomahawk design, ‘kulbun’ (aka Galban).
Illustrated in McConnel, Ursula, ‘Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art’ in Oceania, 1935, p.60 for the Gunggandji people (Barnard 2013).
Contact: Professor John Carty, Head of Anthropology, South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000 AUSTRALIA
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