Item - Surgeon fish
| ID | UNSW BP 1989/0482 (082495) |
| Artist | George LIWUKANG BUKURLATJPI (c. 1927 - ) |
| Title | Surgeon fish |
| Alternate Titles | Surgeon fishes or Tangs |
| Category | Painting |
| Medium | bark |
| Materials | ochres on eucalyptus bark |
| Edition Number | |
| Measurements (cms) | |
| Height | 133.00 |
| Width | 44.00 |
| Depth | 0.00 |
| Other | Box frame: |
| Marks/Inscriptions | |
| Location | |
| Signed | not signed |
| Produced | |
| When | 1977 |
| Where | Australia, NT, Elcho Island |
| Style | NE Arnhem Land |
| Subject | Marine |
| Credit Line | Presented by Professor John Cawte through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1989 |
| Description/Remarks | Image depicts three plain painted surgeon fish with linear detailing, ranked one above the other on a rarrk pattern ground. |
| Exhibition History | Exhibition of Bark Paintings & Sculptures, The University Club, UNSW, (18/07/1989 - 18/08/1989) |
| Bibliography | Cawte, J., The Universe of the Warramirri: Art, Medicine and Religion in Arnhem Land, New South Wales University Press, Kensington, NSW, Australia, 1993, pg.60; ill.pg.61 ISBN 0 86840 013 0 |
