Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
Measurements
38.9 × 21.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Gabrielle Pizzi, Fellow 1997
©Jumbo Dawulinyera/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Maningrida, Northern Territory
Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: #17 / 1971
Accession Number
1997.171
Department
First Nations Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
The artist depicts an ancestral being with spears, stone knives silhouetted over 'rarrk' (cross-hatched body designs)