Item - Yinarnga, the Rainbow Serpent
| ID | UNSW BP 1977/0044 (082221) |
| Artist | Peter MARRALWANGA (1916 - 1987) |
| Title | Yinarnga, the Rainbow Serpent |
| Alternate Titles | |
| Category | Painting |
| Medium | bark |
| Materials | ochres on eucalyptus bark |
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| Measurements (cms) | |
| Height | 97.00 |
| Width | 68.00 |
| Depth | 0.00 |
| Other | Box frame: 124 x 92 x 6.5 cms |
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| Location | |
| Signed | not signed |
| Produced | |
| When | c. 1970 |
| Where | Australia, NT, West Arnhem Land |
| Style | West Arnhem Land |
| Subject | Rainbow Serpent |
| Credit Line | Purchased 1977 |
| Description/Remarks | Rainbow Serpent with halo around human-like head, in x-ray style of fine cross-hatching (rarrk) in translucent pigments on unpainted ground; to the left a kangaroo- headed serpent. |
| Exhibition History | University of NSW Aboriginal Art & Craft Exhibition, University Library, Kensington, (01/06/1977 - 16/06/1977) Cinderella's Gems: Art and the Intellectual Mission, NSW, Qld and Vic. Regional Galleries, (26/03/1999 - 01/10/2000) |
| Bibliography | Allen, C., Allen, B., Cinderella's Gems: Art and the Intellectual Mission, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW Australia, 1999, Ill.pg.50 ISBN 1 86408 492 8 |
