Yirrkala "Milky Way" Bark Painting,
Eastern Arnhem Land, Australia Byzantine "Bronze and Iron

"Bronze and Iron

of highly-polished white marble

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

On loan to the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

North-east Arnhem Land is home to the Yolŋu (Yolngu) people

Yirrkala "Milky Way" Bark Painting, <br>Eastern Arnhem Land, Australia Byzantine "Bronze and IronYirrkala "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