Painting on card, in the style of a bark painting, depicting two crayfish, a turtle and six fish, by Maw Munungurr

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Type: Paintings
Date: 1974
Place: Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Materials: Card, Paint - non specific
Collection: Dr Howard Morphy collection no. 2
Accession number: 1985.0262.0011

Description

A painting on card depicting two crayfish, a turtle, and six fish. The crayfish, turtle and fish are painted black outlined in white, with white and brown banding at their necks or tails. The background is in-filled with ochre, brown, black and white cross hatched and line designs.

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