Nongingyari Namaradali
"Crocodile Dance 'Mimi' Spirits"

ArtistFirst Nations Australian, Kunwinjku people, c. 1907 - 1972
CultureFirst Nations Australian, Kunwinjku people
Titles
  • "Crocodile Dance 'Mimi' Spirits"
Date1960
PlaceGunbalanya (Oenpelli), West Arnhem Land, Australia
MediumNatural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions24 3/4 x 24in. (62.9 x 61cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number62.29
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
On view

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ProvenanceOenpelli, Australia; Karel Kupka (1905–1971), Oenpelli, Australia, 1960; purchased by Musée Ethnographique, Basel, Switzerland, 1960; purchased by MFAH, 1962.

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