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Title

Billabong at Milmilngkan

2005

Artist

Kay Lindjuwanga

Australia

1957 –

Language group: Kuninjku, Arnhem region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Milmilngkan → Western Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    2005
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
    Dimensions
    172.0 x 62.0 cm
    Credit
    Mollie Gowing Acquisition fund for Contemporary Aboriginal art 2005
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    339.2005
    Copyright
    © Kay Lindjuwanga/Copyright Agency

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  • About

    The Maningrida Arts and Culture documentation for this work states:

    "Kay Lindjuwanga has painted the billabong located near her outstation at Milmilngkan. The water comes out at Milmilngkan and there are springs there surrounded by water pandanus (Pandanus aquaticus) where the water comes out of the ground. This might be caused by the Ngalyod (rainbow serpents) which live under the ground there. The rarrk (cross-hatching) represents the country at Milmilngkan."

    © Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

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