Item - Crocodile and fish

ID UNSW BP 1992/0619 (052160)
Artist MILYBUL ( - )
Title Crocodile and fish
Alternate Titles aka Dreaming crocodile
Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres on eucalyptus bark
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 93.00
  Width 44.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Box frame: 120.5 x 72 x 9.5
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Produced  
  When
  Where Australia, NT, Oenpelli
Style X-ray, NW Arnhem Land
Subject Marine
Credit Line Presented by Dr Milton Roxanas, through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1992
Description/Remarks    Image depicts a single large crocodile (holding a barramundi in mouth), a fish and waterlilys all painted in white ochre; crocodile and both fish painted with fine x-ray detailing; all on a solid red-ochre coloured ground. Label on verso reads: "Crocodile, after mating, emerges from the Dreaming well, to feed."
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