Sacred Black Bream totem
DHAWUKARRI: artist
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This is an unusual painting, done by a painter from Mountain Valley, near Beswick Creek on the south edge of the Arnhem Lan Reserve. The painting is for ceremony of the Waugelak mala, or clan. The black bream is called "Matpuna" in the Waugelak tongue. It is a "Garma" totem.
Title
Sacred Black Bream totem
Artist/Maker and role
DHAWUKARRI: artist
Medium
ochres on eucalyptus bark
Measurements
24.3 x 50.1 cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/0510