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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Walter Pukutiwara Apply Walter Pukutiwara filter
Cylindrical metal container Anne Girard collection Apply Anne Girard collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia Apply Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mrs Anne M. Girard Apply Mrs Anne M. Girard filter
Pigmented, shallow wooden, elongated concave container Yalata Lutheran Mission collection Apply Yalata Lutheran Mission collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Yalata, South Australia, Australia Apply Yalata, South Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
String cross made from yarn and wood Kalumburu Community collection Apply Kalumburu Community collection filter	Dance equipment Apply Dance equipment filter	Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia filter	Jack Karadada Apply Jack Karadada filter	1988 Apply 1988 filter
Oblong bark container American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Umbakumba, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Umbakumba, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Print of circle design, by Geraldine Scotte, 1996 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... filter	Prints Apply Prints filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Geraldine Scotte Apply Geraldine Scotte filter	1996 Apply 1996 filter
Pigmented container Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Wooden concave container Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ian Dunlop Apply Ian Dunlop filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Mildred Lyons Apply Mildred Lyons filter
Plated ferrous metal hub cap bent and beaten into typical co... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Knitting needle container Petronella Wensing collection no. 1 Apply Petronella Wensing collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter			1941 Apply 1941 filter
Crater Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Sherril Sheehan collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Sherril Sheehan collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Sherril Sheehan Apply Sherril Sheehan filter
Decorated bark container Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Shallow concave and elongated wooden container Brian Hayden collection Apply Brian Hayden collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
The supply boat Ceduna Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Territory, Australia filter
Pigmented, deep, wooden concave container Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Walter Pukutiwara Apply Walter Pukutiwara filter
Bark painting of birds, fish and snakes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Djorrupum Apply Djorrupum filter
Wooden container Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Coconut container Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Tonga Apply Tonga filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia Apply Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia filter	Mowitja Apply Mowitja filter
Egg shaped hollow lime gourd Florence Gaby collection Apply Florence Gaby collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Pigmented cylindrical bark container Professor Adolphus Elkin collection Apply Professor Adolphus Elkin collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Ikula Apply Ikula filter
Dronepipe Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Didjeridus Apply Didjeridus filter	Mowanjum, West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply Mowanjum, West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1979 Apply 1979 filter
Tiwi Tunga - bark ceremonial container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Concepta Kantilla Apply Concepta Kantilla filter
Wooden container Janet Mathews collection no. 4 Apply Janet Mathews collection no. 4 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	South Coast, New South Wales, Australia Apply South Coast, New South Wales, Australia filter	Percy Mumbler Apply Percy Mumbler filter	1968 Apply 1968 filter
Cocktail savoury holder Lois Grosse collection Apply Lois Grosse collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Japan Apply Japan filter	Mrs Lois V. Grosse Apply Mrs Lois V. Grosse filter	1945 Apply 1945 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Gae Mastrosavas Apply Gae Mastrosavas filter
Pigmented, wooden concave and elongated container Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ian Dunlop Apply Ian Dunlop filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Dronepipe Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Didjeridus Apply Didjeridus filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Palm leaf container Dr La Mont West collection Apply Dr La Mont West collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter	Apply filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Pigmented, cylindrical bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Kangaroo-shaped container made from wicker, wood, glass and ... Terence Lane collection Apply Terence Lane collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter			1976 Apply 1976 filter
Wooden concave container Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ian Dunlop Apply Ian Dunlop filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Glazed ceramic bowl with a narrow base Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	John B. Tipiloura Apply John B. Tipiloura filter	1976 Apply 1976 filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Mildred Lyons Apply Mildred Lyons filter
Decorated container made from bark A Morrison collection no. 1 Apply A Morrison collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Semi-hemispherical hollow wooden container from Orara River ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Apply filter	1898 Apply 1898 filter
Oval-shaped iron container Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter
Collage titled 'The City. (John Martins ABC-TV)' Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Artworks Apply Artworks filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Kieron Keeler Apply Kieron Keeler filter
Bark container Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Coconut container Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Purari River, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Purari River, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Francis E. Williams Apply Mr Francis E. Williams filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
Pigmented, cylindrical bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Container made from bull kelp, river reed and tee tree strin... Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ms Jacqui Langdon Apply Ms Jacqui Langdon filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Kanginy Apply Kanginy filter
Asymetrical boomerang Bruce Wright collection Apply Bruce Wright collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Pinnock Apply Margaret Pinnock filter
Bamboo water container Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr A P. Lyons Apply Mr A P. Lyons filter	1916 Apply 1916 filter
Rectangular corroded black metal nail and screw tidy John Handfield collection Apply John Handfield collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Print of leaf design, by Glenis Brown, 1996 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... filter	Prints Apply Prints filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Glenys Brown Apply Glenys Brown filter	1996 Apply 1996 filter
Didjeridu Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Didjeridus Apply Didjeridus filter
Container Thompson Family collection Apply Thompson Family collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Metal container, Ernabella SA Winifred Hilliard collection no. 2 Apply Winifred Hilliard collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter		1954 Apply 1954 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Milton Dunnet Apply Milton Dunnet filter
Bull kelp and tea tree container, made by Nayda Smith Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Nayda Smith Apply Miss Nayda Smith filter
Didjeridu Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Didjeridus Apply Didjeridus filter			1977 Apply 1977 filter
Kelp container by Verna Nichols Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Verna Nichols collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Verna Nichols collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Verna Nichols Apply Verna Nichols filter