Spiny anteaters and Magpie geese
1981
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 133.8 × 34.1 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Ramingining, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 2003.337
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Mrs Alma Roxanas, Governor, 2003
©George Milpurrurru/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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This bark painting shows Milpurrurru’s bold and dramatic drawing style, in which outlines and emphatic rarrk are an integral part of the composition. The artist depicts spiny anteaters and gurramattji (magpie geese), totems of the Ganalbingu people associated with the Arafura wetlands.