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Title

Untitled (Triangular pandanus skirt)

1988

Artist

England Banggala

Australia

circa 1925 – Dec 2001

Language group: Burarra, Arnhem region

  • Details

    Date
    1988
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    159.5 x 58.4 cm (irreg.)
    Credit
    Purchased 2007
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    355.2007
    Copyright
    © Estate of England Banggala/Copyright Agency

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    Artist information
    England Banggala

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    This bark painting depicts Jingabardabiya, the female water spirits who travelled from east in the creation time and metamorphosed into triangular pandanus skirts (or mats) at a sacred waterhole.

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