Untitled (Collecting Swan eggs in the swamps)
Artist
Ian Wayne Abdulla
(1947 - 2011)
Date1994
Object number00027312
NamePainting
MediumAcrylic, canvas
DimensionsImage: 760 x 1015 mm
760 x 1015 mm, 1.75 kg
760 x 1015 mm, 1.75 kg
Copyright© Ian Wayne Abdulla
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
Collections
DescriptionUntitled painting by Ian Wayne Abdulla depicting swan egg collecting on the Murray River between Cobdogla and Katarapko.
The inscription at the top of the painting by the artist's daughter reads 'Collecting swan egg's in the swamp's to take home for eating. Some of the egg's we boiled up befor going home for eating. The rest of the egg's we would take home'.HistoryThe painting depicts swan egg collecting on the Murray River between Cobdogla and Katarapto where river is surrounded by swamp. While one person cooks, another paddles out to the nests of the black swans.SignificanceIan Abdulla uses art to tell his personal history and a history of his people, the stories of their lives on the Murray River, South Australia.
