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Bark painting 'Couple of Mimi Spirits' by Paddy Compass Nama...
Couple of MIMI Spirits (collection list).
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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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'The Eagle Hawk Men, Garagan and Gulmadja, and the Flying Fo...
Numbers refer to a line drawing of this painting in Groger-Wurm, 1973, p. 126. The Eagle-Hawk Men, Garagan and Gulmadja...
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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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'The Formation of Clouds' by Bokarra Maymuru, Yirrkala, 1967
In Groger-Wurm (1973, pp. 96-97) several paintings are included under the heading 'The Formation of Clouds'. 1985.0132.0...
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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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'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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'Death and Mortuary Rites' by Mathaman Marika, Yirrkala, 196...
Numbers in brackets refer to a line drawing of this painting in Groger-Wurm, 1973, p. 110) When a Riradjingu person of ...
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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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'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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'The Bremer Island Turtle Man' by Mawalan Marika, Yirrkala, ...
Numbers refer to a line drawing of this painting in Groger-Wurm, 1973, p. 67, 69 The Bremer Island Turtle Man Plate 89...
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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 '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 'The Wagilag Story' by Dawidi Djulwadak, Milin...
1985.0132.0003 was painted and interpreted by Dawidi. The numbers in brackets refer to a line drawing of the painting in...
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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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Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Co...
Two MIMI Spirits (males) dancing (collection list).
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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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Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Co...
Two MIMI Spirits (males) dancing (collection list).
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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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'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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Bark painting 'The Djanggawul in Djabu mada [language] terri...
The Djanggawul in Djabu mada territory Plate 7 [i.e. 1985.0132.0069] represents a freshwater lagoon between Caledon and...
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Bark painting 'The Gadadangul Snake' by Paddy Dhatanju, Mili...
The Gadadangul Python had eaten a rock wallaby, bardibardi. On the left side is a gulwiri tree depicted in its jelmalan...
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'The Fire Dreaming' by Mutitjpuy Mununjgurr, Yirrkala, 1967
The Fire Dreaming In the Dreamtime a Crocodile Man, baru, succeeded in making fire for the first time during a nara rit...
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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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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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'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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Bark painting 'Djeigung the Galbu Snake' by Mithinarri Gurru...
Plates 50 and 51 appear in Groger-Wurm under the heading 'The Galbu Snake'. 1985.0132.0061 is Plate 51. Explanation: Dj...
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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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