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Australian :: Paintings

Power over nature

YIRAWALA, Billy
Australia, 1903 - 1976
Kuninjku people, Northern Territory

Power over nature

c.1972, Marrkolidjban, western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

natural pigments on eucalyptus bark

87.4 x 34.6 cm

South Australian Government Grant 1972

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

© Estate of the artist, Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency, 2013

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