For #MonotremeMonday, two #echidnas from the National Gallery of Victoria collection:
1. Lena Djamarayku (Rembarrnga, NT, b. c.1948)
Echidna, 1998
earth pigments on Paperbark (Melaleuca sp.), wood & pandanus (Pandanus sp.) fibre, echidna quills
25.5×80.0×21.0cm
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/66046/
2. Yvonne Koolmatrie (Ngarrindjeri, SA, b. 1944)
Echidna, 1999
sedge (Carex sp.), echidna quills
14.3×47.4×28.3cm
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/66175/