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Jimmy Njiminjuma (1945-2004)
Mimih Spirit Figure and Totemic Serpent, 1980s
inscribed verso with artist's name, language group and location: 'DUA BALANG / GUNWINEGU / MOREMEGA'
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
95.0 x 76.0cm (37 3/8 x 29 15/16in).
inscribed verso with artist's name, language group and location: 'DUA BALANG / GUNWINEGU / MOREMEGA'
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
95.0 x 76.0cm (37 3/8 x 29 15/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Artist's Agency, Sydney
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
The Gillespie Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1998
LITERATURE
Good Weekend, 'Sacred Art: The Pope's Dilemma', The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine, Sydney, 14 June 1986, illus., front cover
























