{"product_id":"an-aboriginal-bark-picture-depicting-the-legend-of-minyaba-the-turtleman","title":"An aboriginal bark picture depicting the Legend of Minyaba the Turtleman","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"438\"\u003eAn Aboriginal bark painting depicting \u003cem data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"115\"\u003eThe Legend of Minyaba the Turtleman\u003c\/em\u003e, centred on a striking double image of a turtle figure surrounded by stylised fish and flowing linear motifs suggestive of water and movement. Executed in natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, the composition displays the rhythmic patterning and symbolic abstraction characteristic of Arnhem Land painting traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"819\"\u003eThe work is inscribed within the mount: \u003cem data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"519\"\u003e“The Legend of Minyaba the Turtleman”\u003c\/em\u003e and further below \u003cem data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"637\"\u003e“Painted on bark by Madaman, an Aboriginal artist, Arnhem Land, Northern Territories, Australia.”\u003c\/em\u003e The imagery likely relates to ancestral creation narratives and the close spiritual relationship between marine life, landscape, and Indigenous cosmology within Arnhem Land culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1267\"\u003eRendered in a restrained palette of ochre, white, and black pigments, the painting possesses a strong graphic clarity and sculptural simplicity, while the repeated turtle imagery creates a powerful totemic presence. Retained in its original 1950s frame, the work survives as an evocative example of mid-20th century Aboriginal bark painting produced during a formative period of increasing international recognition for Indigenous Australian art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1324\"\u003eArnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, circa 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1377\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFramed dimensions:\u003cbr data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1347\"\u003eHeight: 20 in.\u003cbr data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1364\"\u003eWidth: 13 in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collection TH30","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53717063237969,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/5873\/5185\/files\/Generated-with_Kive.ai_-_seamless_gray_studio_shot__tidy__remove_loose_piece_of_wood_at_bottom_of_frame..png?v=1778185691","url":"https:\/\/nicholaswells.com\/products\/an-aboriginal-bark-picture-depicting-the-legend-of-minyaba-the-turtleman","provider":"Nicholas Wells Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}