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Old bark paintings
1992

Medium
screenprinted silk

Measurements
291.7 × 92.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1992

Gallery location
Gallery 1
Ground Level, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Milikapiti, Melville Island, Northern Territory

Accession Number
CT18-1992

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
Based on two bark paintings collected by Charles Mountford at Milikapiti in 1954 - "Spider Woman at Rungani" and "Crocodile Woman at Mundinyu". A blue brown design on a soft ochre ground.