Photo by Trish Barnard
Accession Number: A42219
Museum: South Australian Museum
Date Acquired:
Collector: Ursula McConnel (1888-1957)
Date Collected: 1927-1934
Where from: Yarrabah
Description: L720 x W195mm
Carved wood with natural pigments, decorated with the Starfish design, ‘dyaara madyai’.
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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Email: john.carty@samuseum.sa.gov.au