ABORIGINAL ARTIST

2 Birds

Wood

800 x 70 x 40 mm

Two decorative wooden sculptures resembling elongated, curved figures with painted patterns on the lower sections, standing against a plain white wall.

HUDSON, MAUREEN

Fire Dreaming, 2000

Acrylic on canvas

2630 x 1250 mm

Close-up of a patterned fabric or material with abstract yellow and orange maze-like design on a purple background.

HUDSON, MAUREEN

Women Ceremony Camp, 2000

Acrylic on canvas

1300 x 1300 mm

Indigenous rock art depicting stylized figures with circular heads connected by lines, on a textured, speckled background.

HUDSON, MAUREEN

Ceremonial ground, 2000

Acrylic on canvas

1530 x 1400 mm

Indigenous Australian aboriginal painting featuring a central circle surrounded by concentric circles and decoration, with intertwined snakes or serpents in red and black.

KOOGE KOOGE

Aboriginal painting

Acrylic on canvas

900 x 900 mm

An abstract indigenous Australian dot painting featuring a central concentric pattern, surrounded by various organic shapes and lines in earthy tones of yellow, red, brown, black, and white.

KOOGE KOOGE

Aboriginal painting, 2002

Acrylic on canvas

1280 x 610 mm

Close-up of wavy, intertwined, beige and white string-like material arranged in a circular pattern.

WANDJINA, LILY KAREDADA

Bark painting

Pigment on bark

270 x 620 mm

A tall, elongated wooden mask with a white face, big black eyes, a small red nose, and a black mouth. It has red and black painted dots all over the surface and is decorated with red and white patterns.

NARRITJIN-DHUWALA, MAYMURU

Nyapitilngu Ancestors at Djarrakpi, 1982

Poster

Framed: 465 x 915 mm

A textile wall hanging with abstract and geometric patterns in shades of blue, titled 'Australian National Gallery' at the bottom.

GURRUWIWI, MITHINARRI

The Great Snake legend, 1962

Poster

Framed: 472 x 884 mm

An Aboriginal painting on a wooden board titled "Ancestors and Spirits," depicting a central figure with a long black body and a head with two white dots, surrounded by abstract mushroom shapes and patterns, titled "Aboriginal Painting from Arnhem Land in the 1950s and 1960s," displayed at the Australian National Gallery.

BURRUNYULA, ROY

Carved and painted Hollow Log Coffin’ (Didgeridoo)

Wood carving

1150 x 150 mm

A long wooden spear decorated with traditional Aboriginal Australian art patterns, including geometric shapes and lines, with black, white, yellow, and red colors.

UNKNOWN

Polynesian Mask

Wood and shells

850 x 150 mm

A traditional African wooden mask with detailed carvings and shell inlays, featuring a long nose and symmetrical facial features, mounted on a white wall.