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Salt water crocodile

KUBARKKU, Mick

© Mick Kubarkku/Copyright Agency. Licensed by DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Mick Kubarkku was a prominent Aboriginal Australian artist from the Arnhem Land region. At the age of 15, his father taught him the cultural significance and crafting techniques for creating paintings for sacred ceremonies. Kubarkku’s art and subject matter are a direct reflection of his Aboriginal Australian identity. Drawing on cave art traditions, his work is executed with a raw, rough and direct quality. This large saltwater crocodile is painted using naturally occurring pigments onto the smooth inner bark of the stringybark tree, common to northern parts of Australia.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 27011

Creation/Production

KUBARKKU, Mick
Date: 1979 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 10/5/2004
Given by Betty Meehan

Measurements

Height (cm): 178
Width (cm): 76

Techniques

painted wood construction
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

acrylic
bark

Location

In store
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  • Animals And Plants
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Communities And Society
  • Fine Art
  • Kubarkku, Mick
  • Painting
  • Reptile
  • Tradition

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