Yirrkala "Milky Way" Bark Painting,
Eastern Arnhem Land, Australia Byzantine it fits comfortably in the

it fits comfortably in the hand and was clearly used often for the base is very smooth

lived for 3

elongated ears

of highly-polished white marble

its head in profile with an elongated spout

Yirrkala "Milky Way" Bark Painting, <br>Eastern Arnhem Land, Australia Byzantine it fits comfortably in theYirrkala "Milky Way" Bark Painting, Eastern Arnhem Land, Australia. ca. mid 20th century. Artist: Unknown For millennia, Yolu around Yirrkala in northern Australia have painted their clan designs on their bodies and ceremonial objects. These designs are not merely decorative, they are the sacred patterns of the ancestral land itself. Yolu describe them as "maayin" a term that encompasses both the sacred and the beautiful. Bark paintings are created