Bikurr (Eel-tailed Catfish)
John Mawurndjul, Kuninjku / Australian, born 1952
Kuninjku
Maningrida
Western Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
2000
Bark Painting, Natural ochres on bark
Overall: 49 × 9 5/8 in. (124.5 × 24.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.147
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Summer 2013
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nathaniel Dominy, Spring 2015
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2022
Provenance
Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia (Certificate of Authenticity); sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2005; given to present collection, 2009.
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