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Mimih ceremony
Spider Namirrki Nabunu1960
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Spider Namirriki Nabunu was active from the 1960s, when he was living and working at Kunbarlanja (Oenpelli). This painting was acquired in 1960 by Dr Stuart Scougall and gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
from Hetti Perkins et al., 'Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004
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Details
- Title: Mimih ceremony
- Creator: Spider Namirrki Nabunu
- Date Created: 1960
- Location: Beswick Creek/Western Arnhem Land/Northern Territory/Australia
- Physical Dimensions: 85.0 x 51.0 cm (irreg.)
- Provenance: Beswick Creek Settlement, 1960, Beswick Creek/Western Arnhem Land/Northern Territory/Australia
- Type: Bark painting
- Rights: Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- External Link: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/IA11.1960
- Medium: natural pigments on bark
- Signature & Date: Not signed. Not dated.
- Object Other Titles: Mimi, a spirit people, holding a corroboree, in ancestral times; Mimi corroboree
- Artist Country: Australia
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