Crayon on rice paper

Collected by Joseph Birdsell, UCLA Physical Anthropologist, in the Kimberley Region at Wotjalum mission in July 1954
Thence by descent
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands

Theme Park – Brook Andrew, AAMU, Utrecht, 17 October 2009 - 1 April 2009
Country to Coast: Colours of the Kimberley, AAMU, Utrecht, 12 January 2014 - 5 October 2014

Paper somewhat wrinkled and with prominent staining due to its previous attachment to a board using tape. No repairs or restoration and all pigments appear stable.
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The title of this work is taken from the inscription on the reverse of the example in the South Australian Museum. A sketch by Kim Akerman of the painting is illustrated here with the transcribed annotations from the museum’s example. The artist is identified as a member of the Worrorra people.