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Waterlily

Patricia McTaggart Marrfurra
Waterlily
 1997

Medium
batik on silk

Measurements
252.0 × 191.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997
© Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart and Merrepen Arts

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Nauiyu Nambiyu, Northern Territory

Inscription
label, woven in gold on gold acetate l.r.: MEREPEN ARTS / NAUIYU / DALY RIVER N.T. / AUSTRALIA

Accession Number
1997.332

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 object is a rectangular length of silk fabric. Design consists of two yellow and white flowered waterlillies repeatedly, consecutively. These motifs are surrounded by red dots. The background is black. Attached to one edge of fabric is a small, cream, rectangular label. The inscriptions is in gold and it reads: Merepen Arts, Naulya, Daly River NT, Australia.

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