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#Baturday 🦇:
Abunigi (Kwoma people, Papua New Guinea, c. 1935-?)
Apokwashi (Fruit #Bat ), 1988
earth & natural pigments on sago palm petiole, 134.0 × 70.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria 2001.395
ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collect
“The painting represents a type of fruit bat named Apokwashi, the 2nd largest of the several varieties of flying fox found in the Washkuk Hills.”
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For this #Baturday, look what I found to go along with the SharkBat above - a CrocBat! 🐊🦇
Pendant, #bat with #crocodilian* wings
Nicoya, Costa Rica, dated 1-500CE
Stone (jadeite?), 1 3/4 × 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.4 × 0.6 × 13.3 cm)
Bowers Museum 2002.3.46: collections.bowers.org/objects
*🆔Both the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) are native to Costa Rica.