Title
Darrpa snakes with Garra
1983
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Darrpa snake (King Brown) with Garra (fighting spears)
- Place where the work was made
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Ramingining
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Central Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1983
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1984
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 136.1984
- Copyright
- © Malangi Estate. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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David Malangi Daymirringui
Works in the collection
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About
Darrpa snake (King brown) with Garra (fighting spears). The king brown snake and the blue tongue lizard frequently fight over the same hole as their home. This is a sacred site of the eastern bank of the mouth of the Glyde River where this argument first took place. The reptiles were really the spirits of present day reptile species but in the form of men.
[Art Centre documentation]
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Places
Where the work was made
Ramingining
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Bulada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Aug 1997–14 Dec 1997
