Unknown
(Australia)
- Title
- Karatjimba - Kangaroo
- Other titles:
- Kangaroo
Karatjimba - the kangaroo - Place of origin
-
Groote Eylandt →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- (1948)
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
35.6 x 64.7cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Commonwealth Government 1956
- Accession number
- 9264
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Although the artist knew that the Kangaroo belonged to the creation period, and that his totem places were situated somewhere west of Blue Mud Bay, he was not aware of either their exact location or of any associated songs.
[The Kangaroo] illustrates the Kangaroo, Karatjimba (Macropus sp.) eating some herbage which it is holding it its hands. The cross hatching of designs on the body is an attempt to represent the fur.
[Charles P. Mountford, 'Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land vol.1: Art, myth and symbolism', pg. 67]
- Bibliography (4)
-
'Aboriginal treasures: From the early days of the Gallery's Indigenous collection' by Cara Pinchbeck, pg. 23., Look Feb 2009, Feb 2009, 23 (colour illus.).
Jonathan Jones (Australia, b.1978) (Author), Mountford Gifts: Works from the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land 1948, Sydney, 2009, 3.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Purchases and Acquisitions for 1956 National Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney, 1956, 21. cat.no. 45; titled 'Kangaroo'
Charles P Mountford (Australia) (Editor), Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land 1: Art, myth and symbolism, Melbourne, 1956, 67 (illus.). plate no. 20E
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Mountford Gifts: Works from the American Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land 1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Mar 2009–03 Jun 2009.
