Painting, bark, Australia, Eastern Arnhem Land

Artist: Djiwada Djulwarka

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Item X 81338 Painting, bark. Liyagalawumirr. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1950

Summary

The elongated shapes in the painting represent guluwirri, the sacred palm tree, and in the centre is djarrka, a water monitor. The broken lines around the freshwater lizard represent flowing water running through roots of these palms. It is a segment in the larger epic story of the Wagilag Sisters and the sacred waterhole at Mirarrmina.

Physical Description

A single sheet of bark (Stringybark, Eucalytpus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments.

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Object/Medium

Painting, bark
Maker

Dawidi Djulwarak
Cultural Groups

Liyagalawumirr
Locality

Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

c.1950
Collector

Reverend Edgar A. Wells
Date Collected

1949 - 1959
Object Measurements

320 mm (Length), 160 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
Keywords

Art
Collection Names

Edgar A. Wells Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

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Item X 81338 Painting, bark. Liyagalawumirr. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1950

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