Artist unknown - Painted Sawfish Rostrum (beak)
1975, 102 x 28cm ADG:2522
ADG: 2522
DescriptionPainted Sawfish Rostrum (beak), 1975
102cm x 28cm
Artist unknown
Alyangula, North East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
This sawfish (length approximately 7 metres or 23 feet) was collected by the Captain of a fishing trawler off the coast of Groote Eylandt in 1975. The sawfish rostrum (beak) was painted by an Aboriginal artist in Alyangula, North East Arnhem Land. The beak is painted front and back with fish, a water bird and turtle against a rarrk (cross-hatched) background.
