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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
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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
Date
ca. 1954
Call Numbers
SSV/118
Record Identifier
Formats
Pictures and Watercolours
— Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - 27.9 x 16.8 cm
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years.
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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'...
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— 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