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Title

Crocodile

1948

Artist

Mick Kubarkku

Australia

circa 1925 -

Language group

Kuninjku, Arnhem region

An image of Crocodile by Mick Kubarkku

Details

Date

1948

Media category

Bark painting

Materials used

natural pigments on bark

Dimensions

118.5 x 68.0 cm (irreg.)

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Gift of Harry Messel 1987

Location

Not on display

Accession number

393.1987

Copyright

© Estate of Mick Kubarkku. Licensed by Copyright Agency

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Artist information

Mick Kubarkku

Works in the collection

2

Place

Where the work was made
Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)
Shown in 2 exhibitions

Exhibition history

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Steven Miller, Tony Tuckson, James Scougall, Mollie Gowing, Harry Messel, Craig Brush, Ronald Fine, Alison Fine, Gordon Davies, Rosalind Davies, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Rosemary Gow, Sandra Phillips, Daphne Wallace and Ken Watson, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 61 (colour illus.).