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Bark painting
(mid 20th century)

Medium
earth pigments on bark

Measurements
123.0 × 51.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Upper Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
D48-1971

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
One panel painted with vertical column of 5 triangular faces and elliptic shaped eyes. Painted half herringbones designs in a wavy and circinate patterns surrounding the faces.