Item - Julunggul, the Rainbow Serpent

ID UNSW BP 1985/0317 (082268)
Artist Fred NANGANRARRALIL (1930 - )
Title Julunggul, the Rainbow Serpent
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Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres on eucalyptus bark
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Measurements (cms)  
  Height 92.00
  Width 52.00
  Depth 0.00
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  Location
  Signed unsigned
Produced  
  When
  Where Australia, NE Arnhem land
Style NE Arnhem Land
Subject Rainbow Serpent
Credit Line Presented by Mrs Alison Fine through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985
Description/Remarks    Image depicts single vertical Rainbow Serpent ornamented in broad bands of red ochre and black; wider at base and narrowing upwards; curved in an inverted J-shape at the top, bending to left and ending with small black head. Placed centrally on an all-over cross-hatched ground.
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