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Title

Crocodile

1948

Artist

Mick Kubarkku

Australia

circa 1925 –

Language group: Kuninjku, Arnhem region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) → Western Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    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
    © Mick Kubarkku/Copyright Agency

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    Artist information
    Mick Kubarkku

    Works in the collection

    2

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • 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.).

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