Summary
This painting is by the well-known bark painter Lipundja #1. The four snakes depicted here all have black heads, spotted bodies and distinctive black thin black tails that taper to a point. Lipundja most likely painted this in the late 1950s.
Physical Description
A single sheet of bark (Stringybark, Eucalytpus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments. The imagery is of four snakes with black heads and tails.
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Object/Medium
Painting, bark
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Maker
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Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Object Measurements
1300 mm (Length), 800 mm (Width), 110 mm (Height)
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Previous Owner
Mr Errol Beutel, circa 1962
Errol Beutel was a secondary collector who bought this work in the early 1960s. His private collection was purchased by CRA (now Rio Tinto). -
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands