Bonba (butterfly) - String figure

Dundiwuy #2 Mununggurr/Wunungmurra
Yolŋu people, Northern Territory
1951

Bonba (butterfly) - String figure
from the series Matjka String figures
2010
soft-ground etching printed in red ochre ink on paper
Place made
Yirrkala, northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Medium
soft-ground etching printed in red ochre ink on paper
Dimensions
20.0 x 41.5 cm (plate)
39.0 x 67.0 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Acquisition through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art supported by BHP 2017
Accession number
20167G112
Signature and date
Signed in margin l.r., pencil "DUNDIWUY WUNUNGMURRA". Not dated.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Australian prints - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Copyright
© Dundiwuy #2 Munungurr/Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre