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Three mimihs dancing
Samuel Wagbara(1964)
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
The three animated mimi figures on this early bark from Croker Island contrast markedly with the more static figures typical of Crusoe Kurdals's carvings. Although the images are similar, these express concepts relating to sexual misbehaviour (suggested by their enlarged sexual organs). They also feature ant-like heads and internal patterns in the x-ray style typical of rock art from the same region.
from Margo Neale, 'Yiribana', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994
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Details
- Title: Three mimihs dancing
- Creator: Samuel Wagbara
- Date Created: (1964)
- Location: Croker Island/Western Arnhem Land/Northern Territory/Australia
- Physical Dimensions: 76.2 x 54.6 cm (irreg.)
- Type: Bark painting
- Rights: Purchased 1964
- External Link: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/IA2.1964
- Medium: natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
- Signature & Date: Not signed. Not dated.
- Object Other Titles: Bark painting (Three Mimi figures dancing); Three Mimi figures dancing
- Artist Country: Australia
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