Bitjikmi – The Spirit of Mardi, the Crayfish, 2004
ochre and synthetic polymer with pearl shell inlay on wood
141 x 14 x 4 cm
signed and dated ‘Yumbulul ‘04’ (on the base)
Provenance
Made and painted at Wigram Island, English Company Islands, Northern Territory
Elcho Island Arts & Crafts, Northern Territory
Acquired from the above in June 2002
Exhibited
Elcho Island Arts & Crafts, Northern Territory
Literature
Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Beyond Sacred: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Edition II, Kleimeyer Industries, Prahran, 2011, illus. pp. 306-7; p. 396
