mollusc
Language:
Australian:
Kallee dere
English JS Main:
mollusc
English:
Mollusk
Native name Kallee dere
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three views of a mollusk and its shell. At top left the animal, which is coloured brown with blue edges, can be seen emerging from a shell that is cream and pale blue with brown stripes. At top right is view of the underside of the animal's foot, which is again brown with blue edges, forming petal-like shapes around a central pale blue-grey operculum. Below is a view of the shell, which is cream-coloured with brown stripes of varying thicknesses. The drawing is an...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: marine and aquatic life
Source:
Painters
Line:
12399
Respelt:
gali-dari
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
‘Kallee dere’ galidiri = ‘Mollusk’: Watling Drawing - no. 399 [BB]
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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Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription.
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 399 : Mollusk, native "Kallee dere" / Port Jackson Painter