Bayini at Wapilinya Island, 1965
View this record on the National Museum of Australia's website
Sign in to save favourites.
- Type
- Bark paintings
- Date
- 1965
- Place
- Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
- Materials
- Bark, Pigment
- Collection
- J Davidson collection no. 3
- Accession number
- 1985.0259.0106
Description
A bark painting with natural pigments on bark, featuring detailed rarrk patterning overall depicting a central oar-shaped ceremonial object in black with red cross bands. Four black oblong shapes at the top of the painting with red cross bands while the bottom features two paddles with vertical lines of human footprints. The background is infilled with a rarrk pattern of complex short yellow bands, rendered both horizontally and vertically.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 4:58:27 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-02-03. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.