..CAPNO
C.E.C.2CS
..DEPOSITR
Commonwealth Ethnographic Collection
..CAPTION LIST covers colour slides 22378-22412
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22378
..PLACE
Millingimbi, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark painting received through J A Davidson.
Painter:
Dawudi
(deceased November 1968), Moiety: dua, Liagalawumiri:
Mada.
This painting is associated with the Wawaluk saga, and
shows
the dilly-bag fishtrap constructed by the sisters when
searching for food while they were travelling. At the bottom of
the
painting are two mosquito sting totems. These are flanked on
either
side by two symbols representing the sacred waterhole
Mirramina (white circle) and the flood
waters. On the right is a
file
snake. At the lower is seen one of the Wawaluk. Length
60.5cm;
width 38cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB481
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22379
..PLACE
Yirrkala, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 12.6.73 through J A Davidson.
Painter: Mortitupuy. Moiety: dua. Mada: Djabu. Mana the Shark. In
the
beginning there lived a spirit man or mokuy named
Ganbulabula. He lived at a place called Datjala, which is near
where
the Eldo Tracking Station now is. He found Mana the Shark
while
hunting at Gurala River near Arnhem Land. The shark had
come
from Wurr-lula. He speared that shark with a barbed spear
(batj),
and the shark swam away to another place called
Wulwulwuy, near Blue Mud Bay (for more infomation see original
documentation) Length 120cm; width 35cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB482
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22380
..PLACE
Yirukala, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 12.6.73 through J A Davidson.
Painter: Mauwalan (Mawulan) (deceased 28.11.67) this painting was
always
descibed as the Bremmer Island hunting story. The name of
the
turtle is Minyaba. Length 84.5cm; width 38cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB483
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22381
..PLACE
Yirrkala, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 12.6.73 through J A Davidson.
Painter
Mataman (deceased Jan 1970). Moiety: dua. Mada:
Riradjingu. This painting closely resembles one collected by
Mounford in 1948 (see "the American-Australian Exped. to Arnhem
Land" p272, pl C) The mysterious Baijini (Yirritja) were cooking
trepang
on the dua half of Aparina Island when Djunkao and his
sister
landed there. Djunkao (dua) asked the Baijini to
immediately shift to their own part of the island as he objected
to them
using up the dua firewood. As a punishment Djukao took
their
paddles. The footprints were made by the Baijini as they
hurriedly left the area. The cross hatching represents fire, and
ashes
used by the Baijini. Length 89cm; width 24cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB484
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22382
..PLACE
Millimgimbi,Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 7.9.73 through Aboriginal Art
Gallery, Ivanhoe, Vic. Painter: Mauwalan (Mawulan). Mada:
Riradjingu. Mala: Miliwuru. Moiety: dua. One of a group of 5
paintings of the Wawalag Myth. Painted 1966, marked 5. Price $135
for
A-AB485 - 489. Length 46.5; width 13.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB485
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22383
..PLACE
Millingimbi, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Aboriginal Art
Gallery, Ivanhoe, Vic. Painter: Mauwalan (Mawulan). Details as
for
22382. Painted 1966. Marked 7. Length 70cm; width 25.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB487
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22384
..PLACE
Millingimbi, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Aboriginal Art
Gallery, Ivanhoe, Vic. Painter: Mauwalan (Mawulan). Details as
for
22382. Painted 1966. Marked 8. Length 60cm; width 25.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB488
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22385
..PLACE
Millingimbi, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Aboriginal Art
Gallery, Ivanhoe, Vic. Painter: Mauwalan (Mawulan). Details as
for
22382. Painted 1966. Marked 9. Length 70cm; width 27.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB489
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22386
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts. Painter: Mick Magani (also Makani). Mada: Djinang -
Miltingi. The stingray Burn-ei (inside name Mitterree) The fish
is
Dapora (like moon fish), the Bailie shell fish Malal is storm.
The
central triangle is clouds Djarraplin which were made by the
"dreaming dog" Miljingi.
Length 54cm; width 39cm. Magani is now
blind
and what painting he does is a sad parody. Dan Gillespie,
Maningrida Arts and Crafts correspondence 25.6.73. Cost $10.40
..LOCNUM CEC NO.
A-AB490
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22387
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts. Painter: Roy Rewa. Centre is the long fish Dikerra.
At
either side are the dreaming clapsticks, left behind by the
Djunkawa sisters. These are called Waitjurra. The starlike
objects
are small marine plant called Cupplma. Approx date of
painting June 1972. Roy Rewa is a young man but a traditionalist.
(Correspondence Dan Gillespie, Maningrida Arts and Crafts
25.6.73)Length 76cm; width 38cm. Price $12.00
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB491
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22388
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts. Painter: Jack Barrielanga, age 65. Mada: Burera
(Madai). Moiety: Yirritjinga. This painting is Jack's mother's
dreaming. The site is called Garlu-Geera. The long sticks are
"dreaming" digging sticks - Barnuka. The three shapes at the
top
are the
termite mounds (black ones) Garrubuma. The figure with
them is
the woman Djinmerdua (? young girl). she walks around at
this
site and can make people become very weak. Probably painted
1968/69. Jack Barrielanga lives in the bush and no longer paints.
(Correspondence Maningrida Arts and Crafts
25.6.73) Price $19.00.
Length
88cm; Width 44cm
..LOCNUM CEC
No.A-AB492
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22389
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts. Painter: Bob Bilinyara. Mada: Wulaki (?Walaki). The
painting is the "Sugar Bag Dreaming" and is of some age. Price
$16.00.
Length 83cm; width 40cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB493
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22390
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts. Painter: Baku. Mada: Wulaki (?Walaki). Moiety:
Yirritjinga. The larger shapes are Minagarl, the bad cold
dreaming. The smaller shapes are the dreaming eggs. The men have
come
into the dreaming site by mistake and now are coughing and
screaming out. The site is called Ngogororarrk. It is widely
regarded dangerous. Painted early 1971. Price $19.00. Length
92cm;
width 54cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB494
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22391
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting received 7.9.73 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts. Painter: Jack Mirritji. Mada: Djinang. Sugar bag
design
of the Wandjir Ceremony Marrangu group of the Djinang
people.
Copy of story on back of bark. Dan Gillespie describes
Jack
Mirritji as "a very mixed up young Aboriginal man"
(Correspondence maningrida Arts and Crafts 25.6.73) Documentation
is by
the artist. Price $72.00. Length 106cm. Width 63cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB495
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22392
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark painting,
Dangbon tribe, received 26.11.73 through
Maningrida Arts and Crafts. Painter: Mandargg - Barrungun. As far
as can
be established the Saratoga - a fish not unlike the
Barramundi, but without the huge amounts of flesh. Length 74cm.
width
28cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB496
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22393
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, Dangbon tribe, received 26.11.73 through
Maningrida Arts and Crafts. Painter: Mandargg - Barrungun. As far
as can
be established the Saratoga - a fish not unlike the
Barramundi, but without the huge amounts of flesh. Length 73cm;
width 44cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB497
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22394
..PLACE 60
miles approx. south of Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, Ngarraitj of Dugaladjarrin, received
26.11.73 through Maningrida Arts and
Crafts. Painter: Mandarrg -
Ngarrud
- May be an alternate name for barramundi indicating
stage
of maternity (this is only a guess). Length 45.5cm; width
21.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB498
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22395
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 26.11.73 through Maningrida
Arts
and Crafts. Painter: Mandarrg. "Garlirr" a common species
with
appearance and particularly jaw structure - similar to the
Long
Tom of the salt water. Length 61.5cm; width 15.5 cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB499
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22396
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, Ngarraitj of Dugaladjarrin, received
26.11.73 through Maningrida Arts and Crafts. Painter: Mandarrg.
Length
55cm; width 22cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB501
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22397
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, Dugaladjarrin, received 26.11.73 through
Maningrida Arts and Crafts. Painter: Mandarrg. Length 56.7cm;
width
24.7cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB502
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22398
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, Dugaladjarrin, received 26.11.73 through
Maningrida Arts and Crafts. Painter: Mandarrg. Length 64cm; width
23.6cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB503
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22399
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, Dugaladjarrin, received 26.11.73 through
Maningrida Arts and Crafts. Painter: Mandarrg. Length 57.3cm;
width
14.3cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB504
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22400
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 26.11.73 through Maningrida
Arts
and Crafts. Painter: Bob Bilnyarra. Mada: Wulaki. Moiety:
Yirritjinga. A hunting party is attempting to spear the large red
kangaroo "Garritjambal" with the assistance of a working dog.
The
large
rounded shape is a big stone called "warkmirri". Water
flows
from the top of the shore. Cost $70.00 Length 109.5cm;
width
65cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB506
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22401
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 26.11.73 through Maningrida
Arts and Crafts. Painter: Roy Rewa. Mada:
Janjango. Moiety:
Djoinga. This painting is the artist's mother's dreaming and it
belongs
in the Yirritjinga moiety. The two circular slopes and
black
lines within them are waterholes on the island upon which
Milingimbi Mission is located. The big waterhole is
"Mungatjowel", the small one is very close to Milingimbi
itself.
They
were created in the dreaming era by the tunntling of the
creator
serpent "Goobiajir". The cross-hatched areas represent
stone
country where the serpent lives. The wavy lines at the
border
are clouds. Cost $80.00 Length 507cm; width 66cm
..LOCNUM CEC N0.
A-AB507
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22402
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 26.11.73 through Maningrida
Arts
and Crafts. Painter: Harry Mulumbuk, Mada: Burera (Anbara).
Moiety:
Yirritjinga. At the mouth of the Blyth River near the
site
called Kopanga there is a place called Ulmarrk Ajirripa
(literally 'Ulmarrk standing there'). The Ulmarrk ceremony came
up
through the river in this area of the dreaming. People had the
first
Ulmarrk ceremony at this site. The two large
representations of sacred objects are shown on either side of the
river.
The artist is in the unfortunate positon of having swapped
moeities in an attempt to correct previous marriage regulations
in his
family. Bark is badly warped. Cost $65.00 Length 95.4cm;
width
56.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB509
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
22403-2405
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 26.11.73 through Maningrida
Arts
and Crafts. Painter: Jumbo Dawulinyera. Mada: Burera
(Marawuraba). Moiety: Djoinga. From Inangandua (Cape Stewart or
False
Piont). The thre barks 22403-22405 all tell the story of a
big man
in the dreaming era who was a notorious wife stealer. One
day he
was chased by some men into the sea. He picked up a stone
over
his head to throw at them but they speared him. The painting
22404
tells this story. 22403 and 22405 emphasise the several
organs
of the wife stealer, 22405 treating them in site and 22403
treating them in isolation. The man turned to stone at his death
and is
still seen lying in the waters off Inangandua in the form
of
rocks. 22403, price $60, length 89cm, width 45cm. 22404,
length
91cm, width 30.5cm. 22405, price $22, length 68cm, width
34cm
..LOCNUM CEC
Nos. A-AB510, 511, 512
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22406
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 26.11.73 through Maningrida
Arts
and Crafts. Painter: Gubargu or Ubargu. Mada: Gunwinggu.
Moiety:
Djoinga. The stingray "Nge-Ala". The picture was painted
at
Momega (Mann River Crossing) which is purely freshwater
(informants advise that the stingrays travel great distances up
stream
and are not solely an item of coastal diet. It is the
first
painting of a stingray I have sen in four years at
Maningrida)
Price $14, length 62.5cm, width 39cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB513
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22407
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 23.1.74 through The Australian
Scene.
Painter: Mandarrg. Marked MN 610 27.8.74. Price $100,
length
84cm, width 39cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB514
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22408
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 4.6.74 through Mrs Sandra
Holmes.
Painter: Yirawala. Moiety: dua. this piece is associated
with
A-RP172 - Maraian grave post for ceremonial leader; dua
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB515
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22409
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 4.6.74 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts . Painter: Don Ngugadili. Small sickly man - age
difficult to determine, 18 - 25 years - regarded as 'village
idiot'
at Miningrida by many. Moved to bush 4 months ago approx.
and
began painting one month ago. Length 66.2cm, width 25.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB516
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22410
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 4.6.74 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts . Painter: Bomardi. An old man who came from
Mudginbury Station to join the bush dwellers. These barks of long
yam and
what could possibly be ceremonial items have the
appearance of a traditional style. Length 80.5cm, width 30.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB517
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22411
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 4.6.74 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts . Painter: Mick Mundaingu, Gunwinggu group. An old man
(60 plus)
who painted in the past but had not painted for over
two
years prior to settling on the outstation. This painting
depicts
a figure of unknown significance - Borlung the Rainbow
Serpent
in various manifestations. Crocodile with missing foot
(amputations by a mythological accident of animal and human limbs
occur
as subjects in this area from time to time.) Length 78cmm
width
39cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB518
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER 22412
..PLACE
Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT
..DSCRPTN bark
painting, received 4.6.74 through Maningrida Arts
and
Crafts . Painter: Peter Maralwanga. He is the elder who
appeared to exert great authority over the
Madagalidban
outstation - at least that part of it represented by former
Maningrida residents. This is one of his latest attempts at
painting. he has very quickly shown that he is capable of
producing excellent barks which make up in authenticity and
seriosness of subject matter what they lack in technique. Length
112cm,
width 61.5cm
..LOCNUM CEC No.
A-AB519
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