Old bark painting design, t-shirt
1996
- Medium
- screenprinted cotton
- Measurements
- 55.5 cm (centre back) 22.0 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- Nguiu, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 1997.329
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997
© Tiwi Designs
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 3
Ground Level, NGV Australia - About this work
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Tiwi Designs is an Aboriginal corporation located at Nguiu on Bathurst Island. It was established in 1969 by young Tiwi designers, Bede Tungutalum and Giovanni Tipungwuti, both of whom progressed to screen printing after developing an interest in woodblock printing. It was the first Aboriginal screen-printing workshop and set the pattern for other such centres specialising in textile production.