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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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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 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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'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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'Sacred ceremonial ground Gununguwuy' by Narritjin Maymuru, ...
Title: 'Sacred ceremonial ground Gununguwuy' Explanation (the original is difficult to read in places) Artist is cerem...
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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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'Djalkurrk', bark painting, native plant species
Djalkurrk (Yolngu name) Geodorum densiflorum (Latin name) 'nodding swamp orchid' (common name) This plant belongs to the...
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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 'Kindaagi the old red plains kangaroo' by Yira...
MARAIAN CEREMONY. & UBAR. Artist. Yirawala. Tribe. Gunwingu. Moiety. Dua. Boss for Maraian, Ubar and Lorrkon...
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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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'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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Bark painting depicting animals at a sacred site by Jimmy Na...
Title: ?Painting depicts animals at a sacred site?.
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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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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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'Wanydjarrpu', bark painting, native plant species
Wanydjarrpu (Yolngu name) Austrodolichos errabundus (Scott) Verdc. (Latin name) Austrodolichos (Common name) This plant...
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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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Spirit People by Yirawala, Croker Island, 1965
The entry in Davidson collection list for 1985.0259.0427 provides production details only.
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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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'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 'Mirarrmina Sacred Well of Liagalawumirr' by B...
"Mirrarrmina Sacred Well of Liagalawumirr" (Collection List for the Bennett collection, p. 28).
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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...