Item - Six blue-tongued lizards and yams

ID UNSW BP 1996/0750 (088503)
Artist Namiyal BOPIRI (1929 - )
Title Six blue-tongued lizards and yams
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Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres on eucalyptus bark
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 137.50
  Width 30.50
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame size: 163.3 x 55.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed
Produced  
  When c. 1995
  Where Australia, NT, Ramingining
Style NW Arnhem Land
Subject Animal
Credit Line Acquired 1996
Description/Remarks    Image depicts 6 blue-tongued lizards; three at each end of bark facing outwards; all surrounded by yam shapes; lizards and yams detailed with "rarrk" patterning; all on a plain red ochre ground. Marked on verso in black texta: BP 1307; Namiyal Bopiri; Dhamiling (blue tongue lizards); Rinydjanu (yams).
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