The Hole in the wall
2019
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
Measurements
202.5 × 84.5 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
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Yirrkala, Northern Territory
Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: 1810-19
Accession Number
2020.121
Department
First Nations Australia
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