Painting depicts an abstract design with fishes and leaves

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Type: Bark paintings
Date: 1966
Place: Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Materials: Bark, Pigment
Collection: J Davidson collection no. 3
Accession number: 1985.0259.0186

Description

Ochres on bark. Depicts a Hollow Log pole between 2 paddle-shapes, flanked in leaves at outer edges, fishbone-shapes (and on left, a fish) at inner edges of paddles. In centre of pole is a design of a black duck with 2 leaves on either side. Leaves at outer edges are yellow with white bird-print designs on them. Paddle-shapes are decorated with parallel white lines & rows of coloured dots, as are fish-bone shapes. Purple background. Artist: Bunawuy (on back of bark: 'Bunguwuy') . Location: Milingimbi, NT. Untitled. Dated: 1966.

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