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Namarrkon ngal-daluk (Female Lightning Spirit)

ArtistFirst Nations Australian, Kunwinjku people, c. 1897 - 1976
CultureFirst Nations Australian, Kunwinjku people
Titles
  • Namarrkon ngal-daluk (Female Lightning Spirit)
Date1960
PlaceGunbalanya (Oenpelli), West Arnhem Land, Australia
MediumNatural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions31 x 20 3/4in. (78.7 x 52.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number62.27
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
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ProvenanceOenpelli, Australia; Karel Kupka (1905–1971), Oenpelli, Australia, 1960; purchased by Musée Ethnographique, Basel, Switzerland, 1960; MFAH, 1962.

Exhibition History"Call and Response," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 1994–Janaury 1, 1995.

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