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Yolngu

Carved Fish

Yolngu, 1967

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Yolngu

Carved Fish

Yolngu, 1967

Physical Qualities Wood, polychrome pigments, 12 5/8 x 3 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (32 x 9 x 5.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. John Money, Baltimore
Object Number 2000.323
Black, red, white and yellow pigments; painting and incision used to detail the fish; body is covered with a network of incised and painted intersecting lines.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2000; Dr John Money

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