Title
Därrpa (king brown snakes) - Djambarrpuyngu rain story
circa 1950s
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Milingimbi
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1950s
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 53.7 x 29.2 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA9.1962
- Copyright
- © Binyinyuwuy Estate. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy
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About
In 'Därrpa (king brown snakes) – Djambarrpuyngu rain story' c1950s Binyinyuwuy refers to his own identity as a man of the Därrpa, or king brown snake people. The därrpa extend skyward, in an attempt to pierce the clouds and initiate rain. The somewhat crude execution of this work is at odds with the majority of Binyinyuwuy’s painting, which is of refined elegance. This may indicate that it is among his earlier works, as it is similar in style to 'Baṉumbirr (morning star)' 1948.
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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, Art from Milingimbi, Binyinyuwuy’, pg. 44-59, Sydney, 2016, 51 (colour illus.), 140.
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