Biography

Originally from Elcho Island in northern Australia, Aboriginal artist Peter Datjin Burarrwanga often deals with his favourite motif, the ganiny, an instrument used to bark Paper Bark Trees, a variety of eucalyptus that grows in the northern part of the continent. Collections: 

  • Musée du Quai Branly, Paris 
  • Musée des Confluences, Lyon 
  • Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève, Switzerland 
  • Kluge-Ruhe Collection, USA 
  • Kerry Stokes Collection, Australia