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The death of the first ancestor unknown

Accession No.
2020.250
Date Created
unknown
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
68 x 60cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
natural pigments
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Place Created
Tiwi Islands, NT
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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© Estate of Stanislaus Puruntatameri/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency

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A painting in natural pigments on bark with rectangles and circular shapes infilled with rarrk and dots
TRANSITIONS

Tiwi Islands

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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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