Pythons and Waterlilies
George Milpurrurru, Ganalbingu / Australian, 1934 - 1998
Ganalbingu
Ramingining
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
about 1988
Bark Painting, Natural ochres on stringybark
Overall: 20 1/16 × 10 13/16 in. (51 × 27.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.102
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th 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
Pigment of Imagination, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, April 15-August 5, 2022.
Provenance
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Lot 538, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 2004; given to present collection, 2009.
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