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Title

A family of Apelech ku'

2022

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
    2022
    Media categories
    Sculpture , Woodwork
    Materials used
    natural pigments with binders on milkwood
    Dimensions
    display dimensions variable :

    a - Mother ku, 38 x 71 x 21 cm

    b - Baby ku (brown), 24 x 21.5 x 8 cm

    c - Baby ku (white), 23.2 x 25.5 x 8.5 cm

    d - Baby ku (black), 24 x 30 x 10.5 cm

    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Commissioned with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2021
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    238.2022.a-d
    Copyright
    © Keith Wikmunea

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    Art Centre documentation for this work states:
    These puppies are feeding off their mother. The markings on these ku's represent my homelands out at Kencharang. The white dots are from my clan, called Apelech . Apelech means ‘clear water’ in Wik language. The white dots are the shells that you can see through the clear water out on our Country.

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