Nakidjkidj spirit
1975
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 81.7 × 31.7 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Minjilang, Croker Island, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- O.57-1990
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Utah Foundation, Fellow, 1990
© The Estate of Didjbarakka Naroldol
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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The malevolent Nakidjkidj spirit, renowned for his cannibal tendencies, is shown with two of his victims on an atypical white ochre background. He has speared a Mimih woman and her husband with a two-pronged spear. The Nakidjkidj spirit is painted with body designs related to the Mardayin ceremony. Sacred objects are also shown.