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Title

Kapun and the dog

1960

Artist

Makani Wilingarr

Australia

1905 – 1984

Language group: Mildjingi, Arnhem region

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  • Details

    Other Title
    Kapun and the dog totem
    Place where the work was made
    Milingimbi Central Arnhem Land Northern Territory Australia
    Date
    1960
    Media category
    Bark painting
    Materials used
    natural pigments on bark
    Dimensions
    101.6 x 47.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1961
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA6.1961
    Copyright
    © Estate of Makani Wilingarr/Copyright Agency

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    Makani Wilingarr

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    Works in the collection

    16

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Milingimbi

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 3 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • 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, 41 (colour illus.).

    • Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 112 (colour illus.), 142.

Other works by Makani Wilingarr

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