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Coffin for Human Bones

Australia, Arnhem Land Region, 1900-1932

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Aboriginal

Coffin for Human Bones

Australia, Arnhem Land Region, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, 16 1/2 x 4 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. (41.9 x 10.3 x 31.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.7
Depicting animal figures White, yellow and red pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 21, cat no 7
Australian National Committee for UNESCO, "Australian Aboriginal Culture," ca. 1953.

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