Painting depicts red oval with black lines (waterholes), snake heads and tails.

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Type: Bark paintings
Place: Maningrida, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Materials: Bark, Pigment, Wood
Collection: Maningrida Arts and Crafts 26/11/1973 collection
Accession number: 1985.0227.0018

Description

Ochres on bark, in wooden box frame. Painting divided into 2 panels. Each contains a red oval with black lines (waterholes). One is smaller, with 2 snakes' heads on each side. Tails of 2 of the snakes beside larger oval. Crosshatched background, wavy lines representing clouds around edges of bark. Artist: Roy Rewa (Tribe: Janjango, Moiety: Djoinga). Location: Maningrida, NT. Untitled.

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