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About the Artwork

Bailer

before 1899

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Australian

Aborigine

Wood

Overall: 4 1/2 × 16 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (11.4 × 42.5 × 15.9 cm)

Wood and Woodcarving

Oceanic Art

Gift of Frederick Stearns

99.5B118

Public Domain

Markings

Inscribed, painted on object: 4-185-16509 1-.22 Warego Riv Queensland

Marked, sticker on object: B-118 - Bailer | [Deleted: Shield] boat shaped carved from hard wood by the natives Warrego River, Queensland

Provenance

Frederick Stearns [1831-1907];
1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Aborigine, Australian, Bailer, before 1899, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B118.

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