Works from the Collection of René d'Harnoncourt from the Estate of Joseph J. Rishel
The Saw-Fish, Djun-gundagmun, Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, Australia
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Works from the Collection of René d'Harnoncourt from the Estate of Joseph J. Rishel
The Saw-Fish, Djun-gundagmun, Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, Australia
circa 1948
Length: 27 ¾ in (70.5 cm)
Executed at Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, during The American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948
Charles P. Mountford, Adelaide
René d'Harnoncourt, New York, acquired as a gift from the above by the end of the 1940s
Anne d'Harnoncourt, Philadelphia, acquired by descent from the above
Joseph J. Rishel, Philadelphia, acquired by descent from the above
Charles P. Mountford, Adelaide
René d'Harnoncourt, New York, acquired as a gift from the above by the end of the 1940s
Anne d'Harnoncourt, Philadelphia, acquired by descent from the above
Joseph J. Rishel, Philadelphia, acquired by descent from the above
Charles P. Mountford, Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, Vol. 1: Art, Myth and Symbolism, Melbourne, 1956, p. 254, and p. 261, pl. 83, fig. 3
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