Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
141.0 x 56.0 cm
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Galuma Maymura
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
141.0 x 56.0 cm
bears inscription on Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts label verso: artist’s name, location and cat.4316R
Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 9 August 2013 – 10 November 2013
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states: ‘This painting shows the action of the sand crabs transmuting the flesh of a Yambirrku fish as a metaphor for the mortuary rituals of the Manggalili clan at Djarrakpi as the deceased’s soul returns to its font.’