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Title

Mardayin at Dilebang

2004

Artist

Kay Lindjuwanga

Australia

1957 –

Language group: Kuninjku, Arnhem region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Maningrida → Central Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    2004
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    etching, 'Maningrida brown' ink on white BFK Rives Moulin du Gué wove paper
    Edition
    6/20
    Dimensions
    20.0 x 12.2 cm platemark; 37.8 x 28.9 cm sheet (irreg.)
    Signature & date

    Signed l.r. beneath platemark, pencil "KAY". Not dated.

    Credit
    Mollie Gowing Acquisition fund for Contemporary Aboriginal art 2005
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    4.2005.12
    Copyright
    © Kay Lindjuwanga/Copyright Agency

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    Kay Lindjuwanga

    Works in the collection

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  • About

    Kay Lindjuwanga has depicted a Mardayin design at Dilebang. Dilebang is an important site located along the cliff face of an enormous outlier formation in Kurulk clan estate. Dilebang has religious significance as a Death Adder and Rainbow Serpent site. The location consists of a narrow ravine in the outlier which runs down to a fresh water spring surrounded by a monsoon vine thicket fetaturing palm trees and Flagellaria indica vines. Kay Lindjuwanga is using Mardayin designs to represent the power of the place and its significance for Kuninjku people.

    © Maningrida Arts & Culture 2004

  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Maningrida

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