From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1972. Directed by Bob Kingsbury. The story of Yolngu artist David Malangi Daymirringu and how one of his works was used as the design for the new Australian Dollar Bill that was introduced with decimal currency in February 1966. The artwork depicts the "mortuary feast" of one of the artist's creation ancestors, Gunmirringu, the great ancestral hunter. The Manharrngu people attribute this story as the origin of their mortuary rites.
- Күн бұрын
Bark Painters. Aborigines Of The Northern Territory.
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