Birari
(Australia circa 1919–circa 1980)
- Language group
- Murrinh-Patha, Fitzmaurice region
- Title
- Creation of Five Waterholes
- Other titles:
- The creation of five waterholes
Creation of five waterholes in the mythological era - Place of origin
-
Wadeye (Port Keats) →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- 1961
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
120.6 x 99.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1961
- Accession number
- IA24.1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
Margo Neale (Australia) (Author), Yiribana: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Sydney, 1994, 78, 79 (colour illus.), 136, 139. plate no. 37
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973, 8. cat.no. A20
- Exhibition history (4)
-
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962.
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997.
Bulada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Aug 1997–14 Dec 1997.
Art from Arnhem Land, Qantas House.
