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Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Wooden container
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Amata, South Australia, Australia
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Bull kelp and river reed container, made by Leonie Dickson
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Ms Leonie Dickson
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Ngalpuntja
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Piti or wooden container with pokerwork of Kungkarangkaipa T...

The Seven Sisters Songline travels from the west to the east across the far western and central deserts. The sisters are...
Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Fighting stick with thin incised lines
Clubs
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Margaret Pinnock
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Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia
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Wira
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Nyukana (Daisy) Baker
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Wooden container
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Maringka Burton
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Mowitja
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Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container
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Cylindrical metal container
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Mrs Anne M. Girard
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Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
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Wooden container with lid in the shape of an apple
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Mildred Lyons
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Amata, South Australia, Australia
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Bamboo lime container or Pokemamari
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Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Oceania
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1991
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Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Weapon - Boomerang

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0008 reads: "McDonald Ranges [sic, Macdonnell Ranges] Central Austl". Edmund Milne (18...
Elongated concave wooden container with rounded ends and adz...
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J W. Lindo
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Ikula
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Conical shaped hollow lime gourd
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Elliptical concave wooden container
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1985
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Western Australia, Australia
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Rectangular corroded black metal nail and screw tidy
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Ngalpuntja
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Kanginy
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Tjumpawa
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Nyapari Homeland, South Australia, Australia
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Child's drawing

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Wooden concave container
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Ian Dunlop
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1964
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Oblong bark container
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Mr Charles P. Mountford
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1948
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Umbakumba, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia
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Cylindrical, ceramic stoneware vessel
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1991
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Bark container
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Container for a wedding cake
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Mrs Margot Child
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Partly finished wooden container
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Walter Pukutiwara
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Container - wood
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Pigmented, cylindrical bark container
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1985
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Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Container
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Mr Roy Barker
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1992
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Gongolgon, New South Wales, Australia
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Small wooden bowl made from River Red Gum
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Nyukana (Daisy) Baker
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2003
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Egg shaped hollow lime gourd
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Bark container
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1973
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang

Original labelling on 1985.0060.0007 reads: "McDonald Ranges [sic, Macdonnell Ranges] Central Austla/EM/EM". "EM" sugge...
Topography
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Sherril Sheehan
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Tasmania, Australia
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Painting titled 'Give us our copyrights back' by Reinhold In...

Rienhold Inkamala was born in Alice Springs in 1969. Red-tailed black cockatoos feature regularly in Reinhold's work....
Wooden container
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Miss Olive Pink
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Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' by Vanessa Inkama...

Of the 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' series, artist Clara Inkamala states: "We want to send out [a message] to those people...
Wooden container from north Queensland, 1908

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0319 reads: ".Pitchie Food Dis/North Qland/E.O.M. 1908". "E.O.M." on 1985.0059.0319 sug...
Wooden Container
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Bull kelp and tea tree container, made by Nayda Smith
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Miss Nayda Smith
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Kanyilpa (wooden container), painted by Shorty Lungkarta Tju...

This wooden dish is called Kanyilpa and is used for separating the seed from the chaff in the preparation of damper made...
Nail and screw tidy
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J W. Lindo
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1985
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Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia
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Wooden container, Wangkangurru people
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1926
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Bull kelp container, made by Nannette Shaw
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Ms Nannette Shaw
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Wooden container
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Mowitja
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Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Wooden container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter
Bull kelp and river reed container, made by Leonie Dickson Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ms Leonie Dickson Apply Ms Leonie Dickson 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	Ngalpuntja Apply Ngalpuntja filter
Piti or wooden container with pokerwork of Kungkarangkaipa T... Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 2 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Dagg Apply Margaret Dagg filter	1997 Apply 1997 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Anthony Egan Apply Anthony Egan filter
Fighting stick with thin incised lines Bruce Wright collection Apply Bruce Wright collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Pinnock Apply Margaret Pinnock filter
Wira Maruku Arts collection no. 3 Apply Maruku Arts collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Nyukana (Daisy) Baker Apply Nyukana (Daisy) Baker filter	2003 Apply 2003 filter
Wooden container Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection Apply Central Australia Field Trip 1994 collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Maringka Burton Apply Maringka Burton filter	1994 Apply 1994 filter
Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container Milo Dunphy collection no. 2 Apply Milo Dunphy collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers 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
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	Nola Apply Nola filter
Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container Milo Dunphy collection no. 2 Apply Milo Dunphy collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers 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
Wooden container with lid in the shape of an apple Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Containers Apply Containers 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
Bamboo lime container or Pokemamari Geoff Dennis collection Apply Geoff Dennis collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Oceania Apply Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands, Oceania filter
Wooden container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Apply filter	Apply filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Adam Jupurrula Apply Adam Jupurrula filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Hamilton Apply Hamilton filter
Weapon - Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Elongated concave wooden container with rounded ends and adz... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo 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
Conical shaped hollow lime gourd Florence Gaby collection Apply Florence Gaby collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Elliptical concave wooden container Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Rectangular corroded black metal nail and screw tidy John Handfield collection Apply John Handfield collection filter	Containers Apply Containers 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	Ngalpuntja Apply Ngalpuntja 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
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Nyapari Homeland, South Australia, Australia Apply Nyapari Homeland, South Australia, Australia filter	Tjumpawa Apply Tjumpawa filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Elizabeth Wangala Gallacher Apply Elizabeth Wangala Gallacher 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
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
Cylindrical, ceramic stoneware vessel Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Apply filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Container for a wedding cake Margot Child collection Apply Margot Child collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Mrs Margot Child Apply Mrs Margot Child filter
Partly finished wooden container Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3 Apply Winifred Hilliard collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers 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
Container - wood 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
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	Nola Apply Nola filter
Container Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Gongolgon, New South Wales, Australia Apply Gongolgon, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Roy Barker Apply Mr Roy Barker filter	1992 Apply 1992 filter
Small wooden bowl made from River Red Gum Maruku Arts collection no. 3 Apply Maruku Arts collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nyukana (Daisy) Baker Apply Nyukana (Daisy) Baker filter	2003 Apply 2003 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Gladys Napangrdi Martin Apply Gladys Napangrdi Martin filter
Egg shaped hollow lime gourd Florence Gaby collection Apply Florence Gaby collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Bark container 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		1973 Apply 1973 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Topography Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Sherril Sheehan collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Sherril Sheehan collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Sherril Sheehan Apply Sherril Sheehan filter
Painting titled 'Give us our copyrights back' by Reinhold In... Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection Apply Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection filter	Watercolour paintings Apply Watercolour paintings filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Rienhold Inkamala Apply Rienhold Inkamala filter
Wooden container Olive Pink collection Apply Olive Pink collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Miss Olive Pink Apply Miss Olive Pink filter
Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' by Vanessa Inkama... Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection Apply Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection filter	Watercolour paintings Apply Watercolour paintings filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Vanessa Inkamala Apply Vanessa Inkamala filter
Wooden container from north Queensland, 1908 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Apply filter	1908 Apply 1908 filter
Wooden Container Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia 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
Kanyilpa (wooden container), painted by Shorty Lungkarta Tju... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi Apply Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi filter	1978 Apply 1978 filter
Nail and screw tidy John Handfield collection Apply John Handfield collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Oval concave wooden container with rounded ends, and pigment... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia Apply Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia filter	J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Wooden container, Wangkangurru people Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Bull kelp container, made by Nannette Shaw Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ms Nannette Shaw Apply Ms Nannette Shaw filter
Wooden container Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers 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