Item - Djambuwal, the Thunderman

ID UNSW BP 1989/0594 (082457)
Artist BOKATI ( - )
Title Djambuwal, the Thunderman
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres on eucalyptus bark
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 69.00
  Width 30.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Box frame: 97 x 57.5 x 6
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed
Produced  
  When 1975
  Where Australia, NT, NE Arnhem Land, Elcho Island
Style NE Arnhemland
Subject Religious
Credit Line Presented by Professor John Cawte through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1989
Description/Remarks    Central giant octopus-figure holding spear on background of cross-hatched pattern (rarrk).
Exhibition History
Bibliography John Cawte AO The Universe of the Warramirri: Art, Medicine and Religion in Arnhem Land NSW University Press, Kensington, NSW, Australia, 1993,, pg.64; ill.pg.65
ISBN 0 86840 013 0

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