Barramundi
Dick Nguleingulei Murrumurra, Kunwinjku / Australian, 1920 - 1988
Kunwinjku
Kunbarllanjnja / Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)
Western Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
1980
Natural ochres on bark
Overall: 25 3/16 × 13 3/4 in. (64 × 35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2016.1.36
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
Environmental Studies 26.01, Soil Ecological Systems, Bala Chaudary, Spring 2023
Anthropology 3.01, Introduction to Anthropology, Charis Ford Morrison Boke, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 15, 2012-March 10, 2013; Toledo Museum of Art, April 11-July 14, 2013.
Pigment of Imagination, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, April 15-August 5, 2022.
Publication History
Stephen Gilchrist, editor, Crossing Cultures, The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Art at the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2012, p. 29, Fig 2.7; p. 128, no. 22.
Provenance
Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, lent in 2011; returned in 2013; given to present collection, 2016.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu