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Bark painting representing a Prukupali pattern by Deaf Tommy...
When Djinani died, Prukupali painted this design on his body. The black bands with yellow vertical lines at the upper an...
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Bark painting 'The butterflies who sustain the 'shades' with...
1985.0259.0272 is one six bark paintings and 18 artefacts under the heading 'Djumbarpuyngu Matha ? Gwiula Mala - Yirritj...
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Orion & the Pleiades
The Constellation of Orion and the Pleiades Orion and the Pleiades are linked in the astronomical myths. More often than...
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'Gutjawutja', bark painting, native plant species
Gutjawutja (Yolngu name) Miliusa brahei (Latin name) 'raspberry-jam leaf'(common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa m...
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'Dhanggi', bark painting, native plant species
Dhanggi (Yolngu name) Planchonia careya (Latin name) 'cocky apple' (common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa moiety ...
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'Bulwutja', bark painting, native plant species
Bulwutja (Yolngu name) Cycnogeton dubium (Latin name) 'water yam' (Common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa moiety....
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'Rakay', bark painting, native plant species
Räkay (Yolngu name) Eleocharis dulcis (Latin name) 'water chestnut' (common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa moiet...
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'Galurra', bark painting, native plant species
Gälurra (Yolngu name) Mallotus nesophilus (Latin name) 'mallotus' (common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa moiety ...
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Ten Bullariidae Bulla Adamsi shells
The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
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'Rawak', bark painting, dried native plant
Rawak (Yolngu term). This painting is not of a plant species. The word 'rawak' means dried up or burnt....
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'Marruka and Rakay', bark painting, native plant species
Räkay (Yolngu name) Eleocharis dulcis (Latin name) 'water chestnut' (Common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa moiet...
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Bark painting depicting six crabs by Tom Djawa, Milingimbi, ...
1985.0259.0324 is one of 11 bark paintings and 2 artefacts under the heading 'Yirritja Ngarra Ceremonies' on Davidson's ...
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Ngalkunburriyaymi, the Female Rainbow Serpent, by Bardayal N...
THE FEMALE RAINBOW SERPENT Gunwinggu Group Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land Ngalkunburriyami is the daughter of Jingana....
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'Dhanguniya', bark painting, native plant species
Dhanguniya (Yolngu name) Ipomoea graminea (Latin name) 'grass-leaf yam' (common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa mo...
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'Rawak' bark painting, dried native plant
Rawak (Yolngu term). This painting is not of a plant specie. The word 'rawak' means dried up or burnt....
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'Wanydjarrpu', bark painting, native plant species
Wanydjarrpu (Yolngu name) Austrodolichos errabundus (Scott) Verdc. (Latin name) Austrodolichos (Common name) This plant...
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'Yowg Yowg - female water spirits associated with Njaljod th...
Information from Meehan in Rhys Jones handwriting: "Painting bought at Maningrida 2/4/79. A 171/SR $75. Iyalk-Iyalk - '...
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'Buwakul', bark painting, native plant species
Buwakul (Yolngu name) Cayratia trifolia (Latin name) 'native grape' (Common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa moiety...
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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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'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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Bark painting 'Mythical Creature' by Bob Balirrbalirr Dirdi,...
Title: 'Mythical Creature' (Aboriginal Arts Board Collection card for 1991.0024.3597).
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'Wakwak/Dhatum/Dirrpu/Dherran/Nindan', bark painting, native...
Wäkwak/Dhatam/Dirrpu/Dherrang/Nindan (Yolngu names) Nymphaea spp. (Latin name) 'waterlily''(common name) This plant bel...
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'Gutjawutja', bark painting, native plant species
Gutjawutja (Yolngu name) Miliusa brahei (Latin name) 'raspberry-jam leaf'(common name) This plant belongs to the Dhuwa m...
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