Item - Djalambu ceremony - Wurrpun the emu

ID UNSW BP 1991/0581 (075770)
Artist (Old) MUNJINGU ( - )
Title Djalambu ceremony - Wurrpun the emu
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Category Painting
Medium bark
Materials ochres on eucalyptus bark
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 75.00
  Width 35.00
  Depth 0.00
  Other Box frame: 101.5 x 61 x 6.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location
  Signed
Produced  
  When 1977
  Where Australia, NT, NE Arnhem Land
Style NE Arnhem Land
Subject Bird
Credit Line Presented by Dr Milton Roxanas through the Australian Government's Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1991
Description/Remarks    Image depicts four emus facing central circle containing 14 egg shapes (two on left, two on right) . Two large leaf shapes sit between top and bottom birds. Two birds painted red-ochre and two painted yellow-ochre; bodies covered with cross-hatch pattern (rarrk); background covered in white curvilinear stripes.
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