Title
Dapaliny (small non-edible grub)
circa 1959
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Small non-edible grub (dabalain)
- Place where the work was made
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Milingimbi
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1959
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 81.3 x 42.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1959
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA43.1959
- Copyright
- © Estate of Giminydju Munduwuy/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Giminydju Munduwuy
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About
Giminydju Munduwuy is probably best known as the father of famed actor David Gulpilil. Giminydju was not a prolific artist, but painted consistently and passed his skills to his son, who was known for his paintings before becoming more recognised for his skills on screen. Many of Giminydju’s works refer to the Wägilak sisters. In this work he depicts the small grub known as dapaliny, with its young painted in yellow. Dapaliny are considered a nuisance, swarming uncontrollably across land and water during certain seasons.
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Places
Where the work was made
Milingimbi
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
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, 93 (colour illus.), 141.
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