Title
Life in the balance
1993
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Torres Strait Islands
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Australia
- Date
- 1993
- Media categories
- Time-based art , Installation
- Materials used
- bamboo, sand, shells, string, globe, rope and single channel video
- Dimensions
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260.0 x 170.0 x 170.0 cm overall
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f - starfish, 15 x 14.5 x 4.5 cm
g - large hanging conch shell, 53 x 23.5 x 21.5 cm
h - medium conch shell, 25.5 x 21 x 19 cm
i - nautillus shell, 15.5 x 11 x 4.5 cm
e - bamboo shelf
- Credit
- Purchased 1994
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 207.1994.a-j
- Copyright
- © Estate of Ellen José
- Artist information
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Ellen José
Works in the collection
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Torres Strait Islands
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Board of Studies of New South Wales, Aboriginal Perspective- History Teaching Kit, Sydney, 1995, 14,27,49,53,56,63,93,113. PS Worksheet 287
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Margo Neale, Yiribana: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Sydney, 1994, 114, 115 (colour illus.), 137, 139. plate no. 56
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Margo Neale, Past present: the national women's art anthology, 'Past present continuous: the presentation and interpretation of indigenous art', pg. 20-29, North Ryde, 1999, 23 (illus.). figure no. 3.1
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