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Bark painting 'Female spirit figure'
Title: 'Female spirit figure'.
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Bark painting depicting Macassans boiling down trepang by Ma...
1985.0259.0095 is one of seven bark paintings that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading 'Bark painting...
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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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'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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Bark painting 'Yingapungapu' by Banapana Maymuru, Yirrkala
The first interpretation [under the heading 'Interpretations of the Yingapungapu Paintings'] is recorded from Nattitjin'...
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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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'Wawuru', bark painting, native plant species
Wäwuru (Yolngu name) Mimusops elengi (Latin name) 'mimusops' (Common name) This plant belongs to the Yirritja moiety ...
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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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'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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Untitled, by Banapana Maymuru, 1978
This is one of the works that Banapana Maymuru produced in Canberra in1978, during the time that he and his father Narri...
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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 'Nakidjkidj and Mimih at Nimbuwa Rock' by Bobb...
Title: "Nakidjkidj and Mimih at Nimbuwa Rock".
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Bark painting 'The Sea Voyage of the Djang'gawu Sisters' by ...
?Sisters came to Arnhem Land after long sea voyage by canoe, landing eventually at Arnhem Bay. On way, named all creatur...
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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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Bark painting 'Mythical Creature' by Bob Balirrbalirr Dirdi,...
Title: 'Mythical Creature' (Aboriginal Arts Board Collection card for 1991.0024.3597).
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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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Painting depicts Namarrkon, the Lightning Spirit and dancing...
Title: 'Painting depicts Namarrkon, the Lightning Spirit and dancing mimi spirits'.The lightning spirit is watching over...
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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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'Wanydjarrpu,' bark painting, native species
Wanydjarrpu (Yolngu name) Austrodolichos errabundus (Scott) Verdc. (Latin name) Austrodolichos (Common name) This plant...
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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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'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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