Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Male and female figures
- Place of origin
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West Irian Jaya (West Papua) →
Indonesia
- Cultural origin
- Asmat language group
- Year
- collected 1961
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved wood
- Dimensions
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129.5 x 37.5cm:
0 - Whole; 129.5cm (51"); Width at widest point.
0 - Whole; 37.5cm (14 3/4")
- Credit
- Purchased 1976
- Accession number
- 167.1976
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (5)
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Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Editor), Catalogue of acquisitions 1976, Domain, 1976, 97 (illus.). cat.no. 298
Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Editor), Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Adelaide, 1972. 'Arts of Oceania'; cat.no. 203
'The week in art' by Helen Sweeney., Sunday telegraph 01 May 1966, 01 May 1966, (illus.). Caption reads: 'Two figures from South West New Guinea at an exhibition of Melanesian art at the Art Gallery of NSW', in 'What's on in art' section.
Education gazette Dec 1966, Dec 1966, front and back cover (illus.).
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966. cat.no. 195
- Exhibition history (2)
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Melanesian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Apr 1966–22 May 1966.
Arts of Oceania: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Art Gallery of South Australia, Mar 1972–Mar 1972.
