Item - Totemic water plants

ID UNSW BP 1986/0357 (082218)
Artist David MALANGI (1927 - 1999)
Title Totemic water plants
Alternate Titles
Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres, eucalyptus bark
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 56.00
  Width 36.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Box frame: 75 x 60 x 6.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed
Produced  
  When
  Where Australia, NW Arnhem Land
Style NW Arnhem Land
Subject Botanical
Credit Line Presented by Mrs Alison Fine through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme,1986
Description/Remarks    Image depicts lozenge-shaped buds painted variously as plain yellow ochre, plain black, or filled with coloured dots; all delineated by white painted borders against a plain ground, and surrounded by dot-outlined foliage. Rarrk pattern appears along the sides.
Exhibition History Exhibition of Bark Paintings & Sculptures The University Club - UNSW (18/07/1989 - 18/08/1989)
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