Title
Yawkyawk
1985
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Yawk Yawk (Young girl's spirit)
Yawkyawk (Young girl's spirit) - Place where the work was made
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Mumeka
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Western Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1985
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 48.0 x 26.7 cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 218.1985.3
- Copyright
- © Estate of Jimmy Njiminjuma/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Jimmy Njiminjuma
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
Mumeka to Milmilgkan, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 02 Nov 2006–15 Dec 2006
Country Culture Community (2008-09), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Nov 2008–19 Apr 2009
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Margo Neale, Yiribana: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Sydney, 1994, 56, 57 (colour illus.), 138, 139. plate no. 25 (part 3 of work)
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Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 72 (colour illus.), 229.
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Public Programmes Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, 'Painting country', Sydney, 2004, (colour illus.).
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Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, 'More than an art show', pg. 36-37, Sydney, Oct 2004, 37 (colour illus.).
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