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Bonba butterflies

Dhambit Munuŋgurr
Bonba butterflies
 2019

Medium
synthetic polymer paint on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)

Measurements
206.0 × 87.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Orloff Family Charitable Trust, 2020
© Dhambit Mununggurr, courtesy Salon Indigenous Art Projects, Darwin

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Yirrkala, Northern Territory

Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: #2210-19

Accession Number
2020.119

Department
First Nations Australia

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