Binyinyuwuy
(Australia 1928–1982)
- Language group
- Djambarrpuyungu, Arnhem region
- Title
- Niwuda - Yirritja honey bee
- Other titles:
- Yirritja honey bee
Yirritja Honey Bee design (Niwuda)
Yirritja honey bee design - Place of origin
-
Milingimbi →
Central Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- collected 1960
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
- Dimensions
-
74.5 x 35.0cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA48.1960
- Copyright
- © Binyinyiwuy/Bula'Bula Arts. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The diamond shape pattern represents a hive of bees showing cells, wax, eggs and young bees. The projection in the center section may be the entrance to the hive or a sacred post.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005
- Bibliography (3)
-
Hetti Perkins (Australia) (Author), Margie West (Australia) (Author), Theresa Willsteed (Editor), One sun one moon: Aboriginal art in Australia, Sydney, 2007, 98 (colour illus.).
Hetti Perkins (Australia) (Author), Ken Watson (Australia) (Author), A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999.
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Steven Miller (Australia) (Author), Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), James Scougall (Australia) (Author), Mollie Gowing (Australia, d.2009) (Author), Harry Messel (Author), Craig Brush (Author), Ronald Fine (Australia) (Author), Alison Fine (Australia) (Author), Gordon Davies (Australia) (Author), Rosalind Davies (Author), Christopher Hodges (Australia, b.1954) (Author), Helen Eager (Australia, b.1952) (Author), Rosemary Gow (Australia) (Author), Sandra Phillips (Author), Daphne Wallace (Australia, b.1964) (Author), Ken Watson (Australia) (Author), Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 38 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (4)
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Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997.
A material thing - Objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 31 Aug 1998–09 Feb 1999.
One sun, one moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Jul 2007–02 Dec 2007.
