Item - Djambuwal, the Thunderman
ID | UNSW BP 1989/0594 (082457) |
Artist | BOKATI ( - ) |
Title | Djambuwal, the Thunderman |
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Category | Painting |
Medium | bark |
Materials | ochres on eucalyptus bark |
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Measurements (cms) | |
Height | 69.00 |
Width | 30.00 |
Depth | 0.00 |
Other | Box frame: 97 x 57.5 x 6 |
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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). |
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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 |