Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent
(c. 1980)

David Milaybuma

Medium: earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
Measurements: 84.0 × 56.0 cm
Place/s of Execution: Marrkolidjban, Northern Territory
Accession Number: 2004.101
Department: First Nations Australia
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Judith and Leon Gorr, Fellows, 2004
© The Artist/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: This painting reveals the artist's precise cross-hatching method and confident usage of blocks of differently coloured earth pigments to depict Ngalyod (along with 5 eggs) in a hybrid or transformative state.