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Title

Cycad nuts, freshwater holes and crabs

circa 1960

Artist

Gulwarr

Australia

circa 1915 – 1968

Language group: Malarra, Arnhem region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Marunga Island → Central Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    circa 1960
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    79.4 x 38.1 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA63.1960
    Copyright
    © Estate of Gulwarr/Copyright Agency

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    Works in the collection

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • 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, 35 (colour illus.).

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