Title
Wagilag sisters story
circa 1955
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Wauwalag sisters myth
- Place where the work was made
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Milingimbi
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1955
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 63.7 x 36.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA2.1962
- Copyright
- © Estate of Yilkari Kitanii/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Yilkari Kitani
Works in the collection
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About
Tjam Yilkari Kitani held the authority for the Wägilak sisters ceremonial cycle until his death in 1956 and is widely recognised for laying the foundation for how the sisters are depicted in artworks by Liyagalawumirr artists. His use of a form of figurative visual language to capture the main protagonists and events associated with the sisters directly influenced the work of his nephew Dawidi and son Paddy Dhathangu, who subsequently inherited responsibility for the Wägilak sisters.
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Places
Where the work was made
Milingimbi
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Bulada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Aug 1997–14 Dec 1997
Art from Milingimbi: taking memories back, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Nov 2016–29 Jan 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 119 (colour illus.), 142.
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