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Title

Darrpa (king brown snakes)

circa 1950s

Artist

Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy

Australia

1928 – 1982

Language group: Djambarrpuyungu, Arnhem region

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  • Details

    Other Title
    Eight snakes
    Place where the work was made
    Milingimbi → Central Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    circa 1950s
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    55.2 x 31.7 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1962
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA8.1962
    Copyright
    © Binyinyuwuy Estate. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd

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    Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy

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    Works in the collection

    16

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Milingimbi

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 50 (colour illus.), 140.

Other works by Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy

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