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Bilinyarra Nabegeyo (c.1920-early 1990s) Mimi spirit ochres on…
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17-Aug-2015
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Bilinyarra Nabegeyo (c.1920-early 1990s) Mimi spirit ochres on bark Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960s. Bilinyarra (Biliyeyhkga) Nabegeyo was born in about 1920. He was a Kunwinjku speaker, belonging to the Djalama clan and the Yirritja moiety whose country was Mandilbareng. Renowned as a bark painter, Nabegeyo remembered the 1948 expedition on which Mountford collected numerous paintings at Oenpelli. He belonged to a family of painters, having taught his Sons Bruce and Mukguddu to paint. He died in the early 1990s. The artist's work was represented in Dreamings: the Art of Aboriginal Australia, the Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1988 and is represented in most of the Australian public collections. 36 x 21 cm
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Tribal: Aboriginal - Art