Wurrkadi
John Mandjiwuy Gurruwiwi, Galpu / Australian, about 1935 - 2001, Galpu, Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
1994
Bark Painting, Ochre on bark
Overall: 56 11/16 × 29 1/2 in. (144 × 75 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.145
Geography/Culture
Oceania, Australia, Indigenous Australia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Classification
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Sotheby‘s, Aboriginal Art, Lot 261, Armadale, Victoria, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 24, 2002; given to present collection, 2009.
Old Number
Owen 11/9548/1MAN/(292)
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