Freshwater Lobster

Image

Freshwater lobsters

Format

Bark

License

All rights reserved.

Contributors

Contributed date

August 15, 2018 - 4:56am

Fieldsite

Critical Commentary

This bark painting was created for teaching use for the Deakin University Social Studies of Science course by Yolngu artist Bowathay (Mungandjiwuy) Munyarryan. It is titled 'Freshwater Lobsters' and was painted in 1986.

Source

Bowathay (Mungandjiwuy) Munyarryan

born Australia 1962

language and skin group:

Wangurri/ Dhanju

Freshwater Lobsters 1986

natural earth pigments and ochre on bark

121 x 53.2cm

Purchase, 1986

Image courtesy of the artist and Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala

Deakin University Art Collection

Location

Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway - Burwood
Melbourne
3125
Australia

Cite as

Bowathay (Mungandjiwuy) Munyarryan, "Freshwater Lobster", contributed by Thao Phan, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 15 August 2018, accessed 28 March 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/freshwater-lobster