Photo by Trish Barnard
Accession Number: A42220
Museum: South Australian Museum
Date Acquired:
Collector: Ursula McConnel (1888-1957)
Date Collected: 1927-1934
Where from: Yarrabah
Description: L805 x W145mm
Carved wood with natural pigments, decorated with the Nettle sting curing plant design, ‘kandor’.
Illustrated in McConnel, Ursula, ‘Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art’ in Oceania, 1935, p.61 (Barnard 2013)
Contact: Professor John Carty, Head of Anthropology, South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000 AUSTRALIA
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