Title
Female figure
circa 1960s
Artist
No image
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Melville Island
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Tiwi Islands
- Date
- circa 1960s
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved and painted wood
- Dimensions
- 48.0 x 10.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Harry Messel 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 133.1990
- Artist information
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Enraeld Djulabinyanna
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About
The figure is painted with designs traditionally employed by the Tiwi for decorating the mortuary poles, ceremonial baskets and ceremonial spears, as well as for the human body.
Harry Messel
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Places
Where the work was made
Melville Island
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
TIWI, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 23 Nov 2020–08 Mar 2021