Title
Body painting
early 1970s
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Sacred and Secret Maraian Ceremony
Dhuwa and Yirrija body painting - Place where the work was made
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Western Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- early 1970s
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 39.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Qantas 1996
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 679.1996
- Copyright
- © Estate of Yirawala/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Yirawala
Works in the collection
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About
This work represents the sacred Maraian Ceremony of the Kunwinjku clan of Western Arnhem Land.
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Places
Where the work was made
Western Arnhem Land
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 231.
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