Title
Deimiri - the whale
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Yirrkala
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North-east Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 60.0 x 35.0 cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Harry Messel 1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 63.1989
- Copyright
- © Mathaman Marika, courtesy Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Arts Centre, Yirrkala
- Artist information
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Mathaman Marika
Works in the collection
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About
The main object is a large Deimiri. The lines from the head are hair like trailers or whiskers. The little objects on its back are a type of barnacle (munduga). Swimming beside it are two moonfish and two green turtles. The red and black cross lines are submerged reefs. The hatching is waves. -- Harry Messel
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Places
Where the work was made
Yirrkala
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997
L'Art des Aborigènes d'Australie, Musée de Cambrai, France, 13 Sep 1998–23 Nov 1998
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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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, 59 (colour illus.).
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