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Manparra : Big Boss Man: Seminal men's work from Gija country

Past exhibition
24 September - 2 November 2019
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gordon Barney, Birnoo Country, 2019

Gordon Barney Australina - East Kimberley, b. 1945

Birnoo Country, 2019
Natural ochre & pigment on canvas
120 x 90 cm
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they get fish there - they call it gilgaye - when they roll up that spinifex and the fish can't get away. we used it look at all the old...
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they get fish there - they call it gilgaye - when they roll up that spinifex and the fish can't get away. we used it look at all the old people - they used to roll that spinifex. that's a holiday place, birnoon country.

Goorndarram bembarramungbende ngenghengs gilmigilgaye wumbarramande gerlernenybaya ngengenghenga binoon.
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