Picturing Nayombolmi: The most prolific known rock art artist in the world

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dc.contributor.authorGoldhahn, J.
dc.contributor.authorMay, S.
dc.contributor.authorTacon, P.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis article presents a broad overview of the life and artworks of Badmardi Aboriginal artist Nayombolmi (c. 1895–1967) from today’s Kakadu National Park, the Northern Territory in Australia. The article pictures his life through oral history, photographs and some of his many artworks in the form of rock paintings, beeswax figures and bark paintings. It touches on how Nayombolmi and his father used rock art as an educational medium in the intergenerational transmission of traditional lore and law. Nayombolmi made close to 800 rock art figures, justly earning him the epithet ‘the most prolific known rock art artist in the world’.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJoakim Goldhahn, Sally K. May and Paul S. C. Taçon
dc.identifier.citationRock Art Research, 2022; 39(2):155-167
dc.identifier.issn0813-0426
dc.identifier.orcidMay, S. [0000-0003-2805-023X]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/136492
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAustralian Rock Art Research Association
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100123
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100118
dc.rights© Australian Rock Art Research Association, 2022
dc.source.urihttp://www.ifrao.com/rock-art-research-journal/
dc.subjectNayombolmi; Biography; Rock art artist; Kakadu; Anbangbang; Australia
dc.titlePicturing Nayombolmi: The most prolific known rock art artist in the world
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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