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Birlmu (five barramundi) c.1960s

Artwork Birlmu (five barramundi) this artwork made of Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Accession No.
2020.274
Date Created
c.1960s
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
47 x 100cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
natural pigments
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Bleakley through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

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Stories featuring this object

an abstract painting in natural pigments on bark which contrasting blocks of cross-hatching are juxtaposed to express the power of an Mardayin ritual
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Western-Central Arnhem Land

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An abstract painting of a waterhole in natural pigments on bark
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Central Arnhem Land

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Bark painting depiction of the Rainbow serpent (cropped)
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The oldest living stories: A conversation with Robert Bleakley

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Anniebell Marrngamarrnga’s Yawkyawk (Female water spirit) pregnant with twins 2007, installed for ‘Transitions’, GOMA, February 2023 / © Anniebell Marrngamarrnga/Copyright Agency / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

‘Transitions’

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