Photo courtesy Queensland Museum
Accession Number: QE1581
Museum: Queensland Museum
Date Acquired: 1900
Collector: Clement Lindley Wragge (1852-1922)
Date Collected: Pre 1900
Where from: Herbert River
Description: Red and yellow ochre, white clay. Charcoal that are paints. Subcresentic, softwood. Dent on straighter side from a heavy blow.Munsell colours: FRONT: 10YR6/8 – brownish yellow 5YR2.5/1 – black, 10R4/8 – red, 10YR7/2 – light grey. Back: unpainted.
As a Queensland Government Meteorologist from 1887 to 1903 Clement Lindley Wragge had many opportunities to collect Aboriginal artefacts (Barnard 2013).
See: ‘Clement Wragge’ authored by Russell McGregor