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Spiny anteaters and Magpie geese

George Milpurrurru
Spiny anteaters and Magpie geese
 1981

Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)

Measurements
133.8 × 34.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Mrs Alma Roxanas, Governor, 2003
©George Milpurrurru/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Gallery 2
Ground Level, NGV Australia

 

About this work

This bark painting shows Milpurrurru’s bold and dramatic drawing style, in which outlines and emphatic rarrk are an integral part of the composition. The artist depicts spiny anteaters and gurramattji (magpie geese), totems of the Ganalbingu people associated with the Arafura wetlands.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Ramingining, Northern Territory

Accession Number
2003.337

Department
First Nations Australia

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