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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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'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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Bark painting 'The Dead Spirit' by Yirawala, Marrgulidban
'Mimi Spirit Figure' (Collection List for Bennett collection, p. 14)
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'Darwirr', bark painting, native plant species
Darwirr (Yolngu name) Flagellaria indica (Latin name) 'flagellaria'(common name) This plant belongs to the Yirritja moie...
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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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Wood carving of a figure painted black and yellow by Mawalan
Carving by Mawalan, subject is 'Djungguwal, the Tribal Hero. Collected by Dorothy Bennett around 1978 and purchased from...
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Bark painting 'Frogs and baby ibis' by unknown artist, north...
1985.0246.0107 is one of seven paintings from the walls of bark huts. Six were exhibited at an Art Gallery of South Aust...
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'Marruka and Rakay', bark painting, native plant species
The painting shows the new (yellow) and old (black) corms of the water chestnut. The old corms are called 'marruka' and ...
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Creatures of the Arafura Swamp by John Bulunbulun
Title: 'Creatures of the Arafura Swamps'.
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'Warrkarr', bark painting, native plant species
Warrkarr (Yolngu name) Crinum angustfolium R.Br. (Latin name) field lily (Common name) It is a species of the famil...
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'Riny'tjangu', bark painting, native plant species
Riny'tjangu (Yolngu name) Eriosema chinense (Latin name) 'red skin yam' (Common name). This plant belongs to the Dhuwa...
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'Darwirr', bark painting, native plant species
Darwirr (Yolngu name) Flagellaria indica (Latin name) 'flagellaria'(common name) This plant belongs to the Yirritja moie...
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Painting depicting a crocodile, by David Milaybuma
This painting depicts the crocodile who lived in a lagoon on the land side of a mountain range south of Maningrida. He d...
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'Bundjungu', bark painting, native plant species
Bundjungu (Yolngu name) Capparis umbonata (Latin name) 'bush orange' (Common name) This plant belongs to the Yirritja mo...
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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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Dog Dreaming by George Milpurrurru
This frame is included in the NHC as an example of frames used in the ATSIAA collection. In the Dreamtime the dog man a...
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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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Bark painting 'The Sacred Law-Givers for the Yirritja People...
'THE SACRED LAW-GIVERS FOR THE YIRRITJA PEOPLE OF NORTH EAST ARNHEM LAND' This painting is of ultimate sacred significa...
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'Dilminyin', bark painting, native plant species
Dilminyin (Yolngu name) Ganophyllum falcatum (Latin name) 'scaly ash' (common name) This plant belongs to the Yirritja m...
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The Moon, Jumauria
The Moon, Jumauria In the early days of the world the moon, Jumauria, had no wife, and so was lonely. As he was travelli...
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'Gurrumu', bark painting, native plant species
Gurrumu (Yolngu name) Meiogyne cylindrocarpa (previously Polyaulax cylindrocarpa) (Latin name) 'fingersop' (common name)...
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Bark painting depicting artist's father's Dreaming story by ...
This is the artist's father's dreaming story, which depicts creation activities relating to a tract of land known as Mew...
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'Bindiyalngu', bark painting, native plant species
Bindiyalngu (Yolngu name) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Latin name) 'cheeky yam/pumpkin yam' (Common name) Bindiyalngu ...
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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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'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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