Serpent with eggs
(c. 1980)
Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
Measurements
101.5 × 51.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Judith and Leon Gorr, Fellows, 2004
© The Estate of Sadler Milidj
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Kunbarllanjnja (Oenpelli), Northern Territory
Accession Number
2004.100
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 work depicts a serpent with twenty three eggs. It is characteristic of Kunwinjku style that it is unadorned emerging from a plain red surface. Two shades of red and white pigment are utilised.