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Artist
JB Fisher
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Born
1970
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Died
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Title
Djimbi country
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Date of Production
2003
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Medium
ochre, pva fixative, on bark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)
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Dimensions
163 x 68.5 cm
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Credit Details
Purchased with funds from the Colin Hicks Caldwell Bequest, 2004
JB Fisher
Djimbi country
JB Fisher, who started painting in 1998, is a member of the
Marrungu Clan who are also referred to as the Wurrkigenydjarr,
flower of the stringy bark Eucalyptus tree which signals the onset
of the honey season.
Many of the artist's paintings relate to stories that are
associated with honey and bush tucker. Of the four types of
honey found in Arnhem Land only one, Yarrpany, belongs to the Dhuwa
moiety. This bark painting of Djimbi Country refers to the travels
of the Honey creator ancestors who cut down several trees including
one at Raymingirr that fell into the saltwater of the bay where it
metamorphosed into a rock that can still be seen today. The chips
from another tree felled at Walkumbimirri not only created
waterholes such as that at Djaipididjapin but also fell into Djimbi
creek in which Ngalkandji, the frilled lizard, created a large
circular rock pool called Ngalkandjibimiri when he went into the
ground with a large splinter caught in his throat.