Title
Djanggawal Story - Snakes and Waterlillies
circa 1960s
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Snakes and Waterlillies
- 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
- Date
- circa 1960s
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 80.5 x 40.0 cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Harry Messel 1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 65.1989
- Copyright
- © Estate of Mithinari Gurruwiwi. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Mithinari Gurruwiwi
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About
This is sacred to the Galpu group and is situated at Blue Mud Bay in a very large billabong named Farimula. The snakes are a harmless, fat, short variety of water snake that are good to eat. The people call them Jarung. The two snakes, one male and the other female, are resting after hunting. The spots near one snake are small stones. The spotted objects with radials are a type of waterlily. The centre is the flower and the radials are fruit.
Harry Messel -
Places
Where the work was made
Yirrkala
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997
Bulada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Aug 1997–14 Dec 1997
ochre: bark paintings from the Collection (2000-01), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 2000–06 May 2001
