Title
Bark painting (Totemic site, Ngakuma Da)
circa 1955
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Wadeye (Port Keats)
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1955
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 52.7 x 29.8 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1959
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA38.1959
- Artist information
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Tjimari
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Wadeye (Port Keats)
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1960–18 Sep 1960
Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Oct 1960–Oct 1960
Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, Nov 1960–Dec 1960
Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, Feb 1961–Mar 1961
Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Apr 1961–Apr 1961
Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, May 1961–Jun 1961
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Ronald M. Berndt, Australian Aboriginal art, Sydney, 1966, (illus.). plate no. 54
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Frederick D. McCarthy, Australian Aboriginal art: bark paintings, carved figures, sacred and secular objects: an exhibition arranged by the State art galleries of Australia, 1960-1961, 'Introduction', pg. 7-17, Sydney, 1960, 31. cat.no. 89
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 8. cat.no. A25
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