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Bark painting

Bark painting
 (mid 20th century)

Medium
earth pigments on bark
Measurements
123.0 × 51.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Upper Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
D48-1971
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists
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Gallery location
Not on display
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.