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A water bag made from kangaroo skin was acquired by the Australian Museum in 1893. It originates from the Urania people of North-West, Queensland. [35] South Australian Museum: The South Australian Museum holds a wooden coolamon collected in 1971 by Robert Edwards.
[citation needed] The dots were used to cover secret-sacred ceremonies. Originally, the Tula artists succeeded in forming their own company with an Aboriginal Name, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd. [ 71 ] The Papunya Collection at the National Museum of Australia contains over 200 artefacts and paintings, including examples of 1970s dot paintings.
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Kangaroo joey inside the pouch Female eastern grey kangaroo with mature joey in pouch. The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials and monotremes, [1] [2] [3] and rarely in males as well, such as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine. The name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".
The kangaroo is the mascot for State University of New York at Canton in Canton (town), New York. The kangaroo is the mascot for Wilmington Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware. Moe the Kangaroo is the mascot for Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. However, VMI's sports teams are known as the VMI Keydets. Nashville Kangaroos
Gwion Gwion (Tassel) figures wearing ornate costumes. The Gwion Gwion rock paintings, Gwion figures, Kiro Kiro or Kujon (also known as the Bradshaw rock paintings, Bradshaw rock art, Bradshaw figures and the Bradshaws) are one of the two major regional traditions of rock art found in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Dot and the Kangaroo is an 1899 Australian children's book written by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian bush and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. The book was adapted into a stage production in 1924, and a film in 1977.
Northern Plains Beaded Pipe Bag c. 1870s The Sioux Quilled Pipe Bag at left is decorated with quillwork forming flora and fauna, buffalo and caterpillars. The "cocoon" design symbolizes spiritual and physical transformation, [ 1 ] and the Sioux spirit Yumni, the whirlwind, responsible for the four directions of the world.