IDNO

T.152366.RPT

Description

On Catalogue Card: "S.P. 257. New Guinea. Birds of Paradise. 35mm. Ekta." [Poignant's manuscript]
"2 - 5. Bark painting - Wonjina [sic 'Wandjina']. British Museum." [Poignant's typed text]

Place

Australasia; Australia; Kimberley; Sale River; British Museum

Cultural Affliation

Ungarinyin

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre August 1967

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.148696.RPT - T.152693.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1021/.

T.152364.RPT - T.152388.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1021/155.

Related object: Object shown is in the care of The British Museum, reference Oc1947,14.1, with the following information: Description: Wood board, painted in brown and black on a white ground, depicting a Wandjina figure. Made by: Ungarinyin.
Production date 1939 (before). Made in: Kimberley (Western Australia). Found/Acquired: Sale River. Dimensions: Length: 53.50 centimetres Width: 15.20 centimetres Depth: 1.50 centimetres. Curator's comments: Register 1947, Board, painted with a human figure in brown and black on a white ground. Represents Wondjina, culture hero and personification of rain. From the Ungarinyin, Sale River, Kimberley district, Western Australia. For exchange see correspondence (Dr. Petri, 1939). Acquisition date 1947. Acquisition notes
Exchanged with the Institut fur Kultur-Morphologie, Frankfurt (per Dr. Petri, 1939). See correspondence (Dr. Petri, 1939). Dr. Helmut Petri was the leader of a German expedition to the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1938. The expedition was organised by the Frobenius Institute of Frankfurt. It is likely that this painting was acquired during the expedition. [source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1947-14-1 KK 23/08/2022]