Kunyirrk (Dilly bags)
(c. 1970)
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 82.6 × 40.2 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Maningrida, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- O.16-1990
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Judith Ryan, 1990
©Wally Mandarrk/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 2
Ground Level, NGV Australia - About this work
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Interlaced throughout this wall are numerous works that capture the relationship between fibre practice, waterways and agricultural practice to illustrate the symbiotic kinship between Country, design and cultural practice. Wally Mandarrk’s work figuratively depicts kunyirrk (dilly bags) filling the visual plane. The painterly construction of the kunyirrk depicts the different modes of making, highlighting the diversity of fibre as a medium.