Burial of the Chief
Artist
Dick ROUGHSEY (Australian, b.1920, d.1985): Artist
Production date
1967
Production place
Description
A bark painting with a black figure at centre holidng their hands to their head, surrounded on the left and right side with vessel forms and boomerangs, and flanked by hunter figures who have laid down their tools while engaged in ritual performance. There are three white bands emanating from the central figures head; the outer bands are patterned with footprints. The bark is shaped and has a stripe painted wooden rail along the top and bottom edges.
Medium
Natural pigments on bark
Measurements
Dimensions: 0 - Whole: 675 x 380mm
Related information
Credit line
Gifted by Miss Gladys Bisley in 1975
Accession number
428
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