Baggarrok-al Biik-u (She is of Country)
2025
Medium
Brushtail Possum, ochre, PVA glue, wax nylon string, protective varnish
Measurements
(200 × 200 cm)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria. Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2025
© Mandy Nicholson, courtesy Tharangalk Art
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Mandy Nicholson is a Wurundjeri, Dja Dja Wurrung and Ngurai Illum Wurrung artist and Traditional Owner who was born on Country in Healesville, Victoria.This possum skin cloak is adorned in traditional designs specific to Nicholson's Country in south-east Victoria that celebrate family, community and the continuation of language and culture. As a Traditional Owner of Wurundjeri land, Nicholson has a close kinship with customary practices, such as the making of possum skin cloaks, which are a sacred and significant in Victoria. Possum skin cloaks have spiritual, ceremonial and cultural significance, they are manifestations of their creator and wearer, signalling relationships to kin, Country and ancestry, and knowledge gathered over time.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Healesville, Victoria
Accession Number
2025.684
Department
First Nations Australia