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Namarrkon, Lightning spirit
(c. 1975)

Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)

Measurements
63.5 × 60.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1996
© The Artist/Licensed by Aborginal Artists Agency Limited

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Kunbarllanjnja (Oenpelli), Northern Territory

Accession Number
1996.677

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
Two circuits of lightning encircle the figure whose legs and arms are also entangled inside the symbols of lightning. A Mimih spirit is depicted facing away from the lightning figure.