Collection Online

Untitled
1962

Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)

Measurements
105.5 × 36.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Louise Rath in memory of Rene Davidson through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
© Bayngul Marika/Buku Larrnggay Mulka Centre

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Yirrkala, Northern Territory

Accession Number
2013.613

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
Bayngul divides the painting into separate panels edged in yellow ochre and encloses the composition in a yellow ochre border. Three of the upper section panels represent the sacred sand goanna, Djanda observed and named by the Djang’kawu Sisters after they arrived at Yalangbara (Port Bradshaw) in the Wangarr (Ancestral period). The other sections contain carefully observed and beautifully delineated Rirratjingu flora and fauna set against the Rirratjingu miny’tji of parallel lines of crosshatching believed to signify Djanda moving through the sand at Yalangbara.