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Watercolour of ceremonial objects, ca. 1954 / possibly drawn by Albert Namatjira

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    Watercolour of ceremonial objects, ca. 1954 / possibly drawn by Albert Namatjira

    Call numbers

    SSV/118

    Record identifier

    92eVz7yY

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    Watercolour of ceremonial objects, ca. 1954 / possibly drawn by Albert Namatjira

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    Watercolour of ceremonial objects, ca. 1954 / possibly drawn by Albert Namatjira

    Full title

    Watercolour of ceremonial objects, ca. 1954 / possibly drawn by Albert Namatjira

    Date

    ca. 1954

    Call Numbers

    SSV/118

    Record Identifier

    92eVz7yY

    Formats

    Pictures and Watercolours

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 watercolour - 27.9 x 16.8 cm

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

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    Access and use

    Copying Conditions

    Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years.

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    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Aboriginal customs Aboriginal artefacts Aboriginal art Aboriginal Australians--Australia, Central. Aboriginal Australians--Legends. Aboriginal Australians--Northern Territory--Social life and customs. Art, Australian--Aboriginal artists Watercolor painting, Australian Aranda (Australian people) Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992 Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    A watercolour depicting three objects, one of which is probably a tnatantja (totem pole). The objects are surrounded by smaller figures of a kangaroo and bee, and small namatuna (bull-roarers).

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Watercolour of ceremonial objects, ca. 1954 / possibly drawn by Albert Namatjira

    — NOTES

    Signature / Inscriptions

    Inscribed in pencil on front "Maninbala[?]", "Ngarwul", "Kurraba", and "Karwadi", with arrows pointing to objects. Inscribed in pen "yarramulinya mialli [?]"[?] [i.e. yarramulindji[?]] with arrow pointing to probable tnatantja.
    Inscribed in pen on reverse "Reference to this painting is in preface to "The Feathered Serpent". Painted especially f...

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Presented by Lynne Kelly (nee Frolich) via the Art Gallery of New South Wales, April 2010

    Administrative / Biographical history

    In 1954, assisted by the Commonwealth Literary Fund, Roland Robinson undertook an expedition to the Northern Territory to "gather and preserve as much of the aborigines' mythology as I could". At Haast's Bluff he met Albert Namatjira (Tonanga). He spent time with Namatjira and the Arranda [i.e. Aranda] recording their myths and stories. Tonanga'...

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    SSV/118

    Record Identifier

    92eVz7yY

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVz7yY

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    893367

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