Item - Rainbow serpent

ID UNSW BP 1986/0385 (082220)
Artist Joe MANIKOWI ( - )
Title Rainbow serpent
Alternate Titles Black snake
Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres, eucalyptus bark
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Measurements (cms)  
  Height 102.00
  Width 50.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Box frame: 125 x 74 x 7 cms
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Produced  
  When
  Where Australia, NT, NE Arnhem Land
Style NE Arnhem Land
Subject Rainbow Serpent
Credit Line Presented by Dr Milton Roxanas through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1986
Description/Remarks    Single coiled serpent fills image. Serpent body covered in diagonal stripes of "rarrk" patterning in yellow, black and white ochres; head and end of tail are unpatterned and painted in yellow ochre. All against a patterned ground of red and white "rarrk" in diagonal stripes.
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