snake
Language:
Australian:
Wirra-ga-dera
English JS Main:
snake
English:
Bandy Bandy
The snake's body is banded with black and white stripes, overlaid with black and grey linear detail. The drawing is signed by Watling, and annotated on the front in brown ink and on the reverse in pencil.
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: reptiles
Source:
Painters
Line:
12369
Respelt:
wiragadara
Part of speech:
noun
Source Details:
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002
Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814?
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Comment:
Source note: Watling