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Title

Niwuda (Yirritja honey)

circa 1960

Artist

Jimmy Lipundja

Australia

1912 – 1968

Language group: Gupapuyngu, Arnhem region

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  • Details

    Other Title
    Jiridja honey bee (Niwarda)
    Place where the work was made
    Milingimbi Central Arnhem Land Northern Territory Australia
    Date
    circa 1960
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    121.5 x 43.0 cm (irreg.)
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA51.1960
    Copyright
    © Estate of Jimmy Lipundja/Copyright Agency

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    Works in the collection

    10

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Milingimbi

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 3 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 3 publications

    • 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, 39 (colour illus.).

    • Hetti Perkins and Ken Watson, A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999.

    • Cara Pinchbeck, Art from Milingimbi, ‘Lipundja’, pg. 94-101, Sydney, 2016, 99 (colour illus.), 141.

Other works by Jimmy Lipundja

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