Details of Kinga - crocodile

Catalog Number : 3297
Size : 82cm x 46cm
Medium : natural earth pigment on bark
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It is well known that Aboriginal art often depicts images of sacred totems or dreaming of Aboriginal culture. However, the world of the non-sacred also provides a rich source of subject matter aboriginal art. Much of the rock art of western Arnhem Land for example features secular topics such as common food animals and plants, depicted because of their economic importance but also merely because of there existence in the nevironment. Hamish Karrkarrhba has depicted here kinga - crocodile. Kinga is a freshwater crocodile.