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Kalawan – Four goannas
(c. 1980)

Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)

Measurements
122.0 × 56.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Judith and Leon Gorr, Fellows, 2004
© The Artist/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Kunbarllanjnja (Oenpelli), Northern Territory

Accession Number
2004.98

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
The work depicts four goannas. Two facing vertically up the bark panel with plain red earth pigment ground. Two face down the panel. Optic nerves are depicted in this x-ray style work.