
Australian Aboriginal Barks
We acquired this painting in 1990 from Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, which provided provenance..
Barks are painted after being stripped from a Eucalyptus tree trunk during the wet season, flattened and scraped clean on the inner side.
Aboriginal bark painting, eucalyptus bark. "Crocodile Dreaming" Sylvia Burruwanga. #AGW950 ~ 45" x 21"
$2,000.00
Australian Aboriginal painting in natural ochre, charcoal and kaolin with natural binder on eucalyptus bark. "Crocodile Dreaming", by Burruwanga (Tiwi) of Millingimbi, NT.
We acquired this painting in 1990 from Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, which provided provenance..
The design portrays a pair of totemic crocodiles and a log over a background of sacred, clan-specific rarrk patterns.
Barks are painted after being stripped from a Eucalyptus tree trunk during the wet season, flattened and scraped clean on the inner side.
45" x 21" #AGW950


