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Title

Saltwater dreaming of the Warramirri - Munyuku

Artist

attrib. Gambali Ŋurruwuthun

Australia

circa 1940 –

Language group: Munyuku, Arnhem region

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  • Details

    Other Title
    Saltwater dreaming
    Place where the work was made
    Yirrkala → North-east Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    81.0 x 35.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Harry Messel 1988
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    50.1988
    Artist information
    attrib. Gambali Ŋurruwuthun

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Yirrkala

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

    • Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Steven Miller, Tony Tuckson, James Scougall, Mollie Gowing, Harry Messel, Craig Brush, Ronald Fine, Alison Fine, Gordon Davies, Rosalind Davies, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Rosemary Gow, Sandra Phillips, Daphne Wallace and Ken Watson, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 58 (colour illus.).