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'Murrnyi / Murrtjumun', bark painting, native plant species
Murrnyi'/Murrtjumun (Yolngu name) Grewia retusifolia (Latin name) 'emu berry' (common name) This plant belongs to the Dh...
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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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'Wungapu', bark painting, native plant species
Wungapu (Yolngu name) Sersalisia sericea (previously Pouteria sericea) (Latin name) 'wild prune' (common name) This plan...
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Bark painting depicting the tail of the whale Daymirri, by W...
1985.0259.0072 is one of seven bark paintings that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading 'Notes on bark...
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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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'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 ' 'Cursing the Lovers' A painting of retributi...
'Cursing the Lovers' A painting of retribution (Collection List for Bennett collection, p. 9).
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'Landa, Matpana, Wakwak', bark painting, native plant specie...
Wäkwak/Dhatam/Dirrpu/Dherrang/Nindan (Yolngu names) Nymphaea spp. (Latin name) 'waterlily' (common name) This plant bel...
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Bark painting depicting an echidna by Yirawala, Croker Islan...
The entry in Davidson's collection list for 1985.0259.0424 provides production details only.
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Bark painting 'Birth of a Mimi' by Yirawala, mouth of the Li...
BIRTH OF A MIMI. The old man says the mimi's were little people a very long time ago and they turned into rock spirits...
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Bark painting depicting pike, file snake, diver bird, water ...
1985.0259.0245 is one of 14 bark paintings and 12 artefacts that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading ...
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Bark painting 'Emu Dance' by Tom Djawa, Milingimbi
'EMU DANCE. The artist has portrayed the emu dance from the final day of the Gupapuyngu mortuary ceremony ? Djalambu. I...
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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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'King fisher following the clouds' by Banapana Maymuru, 197...
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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Narra ceremonies by Birrikidji Gumana, Yirrkala, 1966
1985.0259.0383 is one of 13 bark paintings and 1 artefact that appear on Davidson's collection list under the heading 'Y...
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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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'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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'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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'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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