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- Other Title
- Ceremony with many men
- Alternative title
- Rain ceremony
- Place where the work was made
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Papunya
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1971
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board
- Dimensions
- 63.5 x 40.5 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Donated through the Australian Governments cultural gifts program by Elizabeth Ritson and Michael Kerin Morgan AO 2022
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 95.2022
- Copyright
- © Mick Wallangkarri Tjakamarra
- Artist information
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Mick Wallangkarri Tjakamarra
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Bardon documentation from Bardon & Bardon. 'The central spiralling line is the motif used to depict a dancing situation at a ceremony. The small U shapes that accompany this line are many men in commemoration. The central concentric circles with U shapes are ceremonial men at fires and the dotting depicts the prepared earth of the ceremonial area. The straight lines linking concentric circles on either side of the principal motifs indicate a long journey as being involved in this dreaming ritual. The short horizontal bars are music sticks and curved windbreaks are indicated in the central area. The large U shape at the bottom right-hand side of the design is the principal Ceremonial Man.’
The 1996 sale has the title as ‘Untitled’
The 2007 sale record has the title as 'Rain Ceremony'
The 2020 sale has the title as ‘Ceremony with many men’ -
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Where the work was made
Papunya