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Untitled, by Narritjin Maymuru, Yirrkala, 1967
1985.0259.0407 is one of 28 bark paintings and 3 artefacts that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading '...
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Bark painting titled Salmons and Turtles Fishing by Lipundja...
Salmons and turtle fishing (collection list for AI 17).
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Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Co...
Two MIMI Spirits (males) dancing (collection list).
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Bark painting 'Tortoises and fresh water crocodiles' by Birr...
Tortoises and fresh water crocodiles (collection list for AI 2).
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'Creation Stories of the Manggalili Clan' by Narritjin Maymu...
The top panel of this painting shows the creation of Djarrakpi (Cape Shield) in northeast Arnhem Land by the Guwak (koel...
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'Yingapungapu' by Narritjin Maymuru, Yirrkala, 1974,
In 'Ancestral Connections: Art and an Aboriginal System of knowledge' (pp245-274) anthropologist Howard Morphy discusses...
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Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Co...
Two MIMI Spirits (males) dancing (collection list).
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Bark painting 'Three Mimi men, spirits of rocks, and turtle'...
Three MIMI men, spirits of rocks, and turtle. The first MIMI, who found the turtle, is waiting for his companions and ur...
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Bark painting 'Six Mimi Spirits (four males and two females)...
Six MIMI Spirits (four males and two females) walking (collection list).
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Bark painting titled Snakes and Lizards by Mithinarri Gurruw...
Snakes and lizards (collection list for AI 7).
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'Turtles, wind and rain', by Narritjin Maymuru, 1978
The painting shows the ancestral turtle rushing towards the beach at Djarrakpi (Cape Shield, Blue Mud Bay, north east Ar...
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'Part of the story of Bama Bama the spirit man' by Narritjin...
1985.0259.0391 is one of 28 bark paintings and 3 artefacts that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading '...
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'Gunyan White Sand Crab', by Narritjin Maymuru
'In this painting Narritjin has depicted Gunyan, the sacred white sand crab, which lives in the white sand at the foot o...
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'The Story of Djirt' (aka Yingapungapu at Djarrakpi) by Narr...
THE STORY OF DJIRT. In the Dream time, a small boy called Djirt found a dead fish on the beach and began to cook it on ...
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'Two possums climbing the tree of life with bird guardian at...
Title: 'Untitled' (Aboriginal Arts Board Collection card for 1991.0024.3631). Reverse of 1991.0024.3631 labelled with a...
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'Fight between Crocodile-man and Stingray-man' by Narritjin ...
Fight between Crocodile-man and Stingray-man, each of them being helped by his ?people? and friends (collection list for...
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Manggalili clan painting by Narritjin Maymuru, Yirrkala, 194...
This explanation comprises a general account followed by specific reference to 1985.0067.0091. The Night-bird, Karawak,...
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Bark painting 'Map of painter's travell [sic] by plane from ...
Description (map) of painter's travell [sic] by plane from Yirrkala to Sydney (collection list for AI 11)....
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Bark painting 'Couple of Mimi Spirits' by Paddy Compass Nama...
Couple of MIMI Spirits (collection list).
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'Sacred ceremonial ground Gununguwuy' by Narritjin Maymuru, ...
Title: 'Sacred ceremonial ground Gununguwuy' Explanation (the original is difficult to read in places) Artist is cerem...
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'Two Nyapililngu ancestral women', by Narritjin Maymuru, Yir...
1985.0259.0402 is one of 28 bark paintings and 3 artefacts that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading '...
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'Mother whale' by Narritjin Maymuru, 1978
This is one of the works that Narritjin Maymuru produced in Canberra in1978, during the time that he and his son Banapan...
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'Mortuary Ceremony', by Narritjin Maymuru, 1978
The central portions of this painting depict the bones of one of the creator Ancestors of the Manggalili clan. When thi...
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'Djirird and Damala' by Narritjin Maymuru of Yirrkala, paint...
Numbers refer to a line drawing of this painting in Groger-Wurm, 1973, p. 123 Djirird and Damala Plate 190 [i.e. 1985....
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Disposal of the dead.
Illustration of funeral custom in Western Arnhem Land. Shows (bottom left) body exposed on platform, or body (bottom rig...
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