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Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Compass Namatbara, Croker Island, 1963

1985.0118.0042

Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Compass Namatbara, Croker Island, 1963

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Description

Two MIMI Spirits (males) dancing (collection list).

Physical description

A bark painting worked with ochres on bark. It depicts two dancing male Mimi spirit figures. Each figure has one hand on his hip and the other touching the other's body. The figures are decorated with oblique dotted cross-bands. The painting has a natural background.

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Bark paintings
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Dr Karel Kupka collection
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Dimensions

W 475mm x H 910mm x D 37mm

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