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Details
- Other Title
- (Hunting scene)
- Place where the work was made
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Yirrkala
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North-east Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1959
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 67.4 x 49.9 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1959
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA48.1959
- Artist information
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Unknown
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About
The four crosses represent sacred reefs. Species of fish, turtle and crocodile live in this environment. In the centre of the lower section is a large sacred devil ray.
© Information provided by the artist
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
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Places
Where the work was made
Yirrkala
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
