Djarrhukairka
(Australia)
- Language group
- Gumatj, Arnhem region
- Title
- Wild Turkeys of the Ritaringon Dreaming
- Other titles:
- Wild Turkeys
- Place of origin
-
North-east Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
110.0 x 55.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Harry Messel 1989
- Accession number
- 62.1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
These small wild turkeys flew over from Elcho Island and landed between Cape Wilberforce and the English Company Islands, where today their eggs can be seen as smooth black stones (black ovals in painting).
Yellow semi-circles throughout the painting represent water running down from the hills to the sea. In the centre panel of cross-hatching, on one side, is an octopus.
Harry Messel
- Bibliography (1)
-
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Steven Miller (Australia) (Author), Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), James Scougall (Australia) (Author), Mollie Gowing (Australia, d.2009) (Author), Harry Messel (Author), Craig Brush (Author), Ronald Fine (Australia) (Author), Alison Fine (Australia) (Author), Gordon Davies (Australia) (Author), Rosalind Davies (Author), Christopher Hodges (Australia, b.1954) (Author), Helen Eager (Australia, b.1952) (Author), Rosemary Gow (Australia) (Author), Sandra Phillips (Author), Daphne Wallace (Australia, b.1964) (Author), Ken Watson (Australia) (Author), Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 56 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997.
