Spirits of the dead catching dugongs
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Muŋgurrawuy Yunupiŋu
Gumatj clan, Yolŋu people, Northern Territory
c.1905 – 1979
Spirits of the dead catching dugongs
1948
earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Gumatj clan, Yolŋu people, Northern Territory
c.1905 – 1979
Spirits of the dead catching dugongs
1948
earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
- Place made
- Yirrkala, northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
- Medium
- earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
- Dimensions
- 96.0 x 40.5 cm (irreg)
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles P. Mountford 1960
- Accession number
- 0.1919
- Signature and date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Media category
- Painting
- Collection area
- Australian paintings - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Copyright
- © Estate of Muŋgurrawuy Yunupiŋu/Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre