Djurrubiga

Lance Bennett, acquired from the artist at Mudjinberri (Mudjinbardi), 1966

The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands

Sotheby's, London, Aboriginal Art - Thomas Vroom Collection, June 10, 2015, lot 31

Private Collection

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Australie: het land en de mensen, October 6, 2005 - August 27, 2006; additional venues:

Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin, October 18, 2006 - February 25, 2007

Lance Bennett's accompanying documentation reads:

"The artist has depicted a hunter spearing a male plains kangaroo. The animal has been painted in the so-called X-ray style, with some of the internal details shown. The heart is shown, with a lung on either side, and the backbone and ribs are seen. 

This bark was painted for Lance Bennett during one of his visits to the small Aboriginal community on Mudjinberri cattle station, between the South and East Alligator Rivers, in the dry season of 1966."

Image Credits

Djurrubiga © Estate of Lance Bennett