Title
Man's nose ornament
(1950s)
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Nondugl
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Jiwaka Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Wahgi people
- Date
- (1950s)
- Media category
- Mixed media
- Materials used
- gold-lipped oyster shell (Pinctada Maxima), conus shell disc, brown machine-made string, tree resin
- Dimensions
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17.6 x 12.9 cm
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0 - Whole, 17.6 cm (6 15/16"), length across gold-lipped oyster shell shard
0 - Whole, 12.9 cm (5 1/16"), overall height
0 - Whole, 5.6 cm, diameter of conus shell disc
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 297.1978
- Copyright
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Nondugl
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 29 May 2015–12 Jul 2015
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, 16 Oct 2015–06 Dec 2015
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane, 05 Mar 2016–24 Apr 2016
Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 13 May 2016–03 Jul 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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F. R. Strange Pty. Limited, Auction sale interesting objects from the collection of the late Sir Edward Hallstrom and other art pieces ... Sydney. Monday 14th August 1972, Sydney, 1972. lot no. 299
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 54. cat.no. H136; titled 'Nose, Men's ornament'
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Natalie Wilson, Painter in paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea, 'Return to Wangi', pg. 60-99, Sydney, 2015, 64 (colour illus.), 124. cat.no. 72
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