Witij at the Waterhole
Tom Djumpurbur, Australian, 1920 - 2006
Milingimbi
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
1981
Bark Painting, Ochres on bark
Overall: 57 11/16 × 22 1/16 in. (146.5 × 56 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.313
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Lot 298, Armadale, Victoria, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 24, 2002; given to present collection, 2009.
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