Medium
		earth pigments on bark
Measurements
		80.0 × 91.0 cm
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
					
					
					
Gallery location
		Gallery 2
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
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.
Accession Number
		1998.141
Department
			First Nations Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation