Jamu (Camp dog)
2001
Medium
earth pigments on Paperbark (Melaleuca sp.) and pandanus (Pandanus sp.), feathers, glass
Measurements
26.5 × 60.0 × 23.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation in memory of Axel Poignant by an anonymous donor, 2001
© Lena Yarinkura/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Lena Yarinkura is one of Arnhem Land’s most innovative practitioners, creating the completely new idiom of Aboriginal fibre sculpture in the 1990s. Learning the art of weaving from her mother, renowned artist Lena Djamarrayku, Yarinkura was soon followed by her daughters and other female relatives in founding the first school of Rembarrnga figurative fibre weaving. Many of Yarinkura’s animal sculptures, including dogs, bush pigs, bandicoots and quolls, refer to her Dreamings but often include references to her own pets, or to animals she has observed in the bush.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Bolkdjam, Northern Territory
Accession Number
2001.572
Department
First Nations Australia
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