DJANGHARA WAIGAN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PAINTING ON BARK

Ca. 20th century AD. > A eucalyptus bark painting with natural earth pigments, secured with wooden battens at each end. The composition depicts a dynamic ancestral narrative scene, centred on a sea creature. Surrounding figures�likely associated fauna and spirit beings�are arranged in a flowing, horizontal composition, accompanied by linear motifs suggestive of water currents and movement. The work is attributed to Djang�hara (Waigan), an artist associated with the Arnhem Land tradition, where bark painting serves both as artistic expression and as a vehicle for the transmission of cultural knowledge, ancestral stories, and connections to land and sea. > > Size: 620mm x 255mm; Weight: 645g > Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014. > >

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