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Title

Fresh water swamp

1961

Artist

Jarri

Australia

circa 1906 –

Language group: Jaminjung, Fitzmaurice region

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Wadeye (Port Keats) Northern Territory Australia
    Date
    1961
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    137.0 x 74.0 cm (irreg.)
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1961
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA25.1961
    Artist information
    Jarri

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Wadeye (Port Keats)

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Steven Miller, Tony Tuckson, James Scougall, Mollie Gowing, Harry Messel, Craig Brush, Ronald Fine, Alison Fine, Gordon Davies, Rosalind Davies, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Rosemary Gow, Sandra Phillips, Daphne Wallace and Ken Watson, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 9 (colour illus.).

    • Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 8. cat.no. A22