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Title

Ku' Piintal

2021

Artist

Keith Wikmunea

Australia

1967 –

Language groups: Wik-Mungkan, West Cape region, Wik-Alken, West Cape region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Aurukun → Cape York → Queensland → Australia
    Date
    2021
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    natural pigments with binders on milkwood
    Dimensions
    94.0 x 51.0 x 25.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.
    Signed and dated Certificate of authenticity u.l., digital signature "Gabriel Waterman". Dated u.r., printed black ink "21/06/2021"

    Credit
    Commissioned with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2021
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    224.2022
    Copyright
    © Keith Wikmunea

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  • About

    Art Centre documentation for this work states:
    "The name Piintal is the Wik-Mungkan name for the salt pan. Out on the salt pan you can collect ochre for ceremony. In the wet season, piintal turns into a wetland where you can find lots of good bush tucker including may kuthal (sweet grass potato) and may umpiy (water lily potato). There are heaps of piintal out at my family’s Country called Kencharang."

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

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