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Yawkyawk (Female water spirit) pregnant with twins 2007

Accession No.
2007.253
Date Created
2007
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
266 x 67 x 2cm
Media Category
Fibre
Medium
Wood, pandanus palm leaf (loop stitched and wrapped), with natural pigments
Credit Line
Purchased 2007. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

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© Anniebell Marrngamarrnga/Copyright Agency

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

Western-Central Arnhem Land

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Exhibitions featuring this object

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’

Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

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