Namarnkol, the silver barramundi
(c. 1980)
- Medium
- earth pigments on bark
- Measurements
- 80.0 × 91.0 cm
- Accession Number
- 1998.141
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Dr Milton Roxanas, Governor, 1998
© Curly Bardkadubbu/Licensed by VISCOPY, 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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The artist represents Namarnkol, the silver barramundi, with minimal features of backbone and stomach. According to Kunwinjku narratives, Namarnkol created the East Alligator River when he forced his way through the sandstone hills and across the plains to the ocean. Namarnkol, the silver barramundi, is associated with the artist’s Born clan lands. The rarrk infill shown on this fish indicates its ancestral meanings and its role in the Mardayin ceremony.