DepartmentOceania
Baby Carrier
NameBaby Carrier
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureAboriginal
Dateearly 20th century
Place madeArnhem Land, Australia, Oceania
MediumEucaluptus Bark, Natural Pigment, Tree Sap.
Dimensions25.25 x 26.75 in. (64.1 x 67.9 cm).
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.31
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Taylor Dale Gallery, Santa Fe, NM in March 2000
DescriptionBaby Carrier.Formed from tree bark, curved and pleated together at ends, held with ties and tree sap. Front is painted with natural pigments creating figurative pattern with birds, mammals.
Carlton E. Garrett