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Title

(Painting comb)

circa 1999

Artist

Pedro Wonaeamirri

Australia

22 Jul 1974 –

Language group: Tiwi, North region

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Milikapiti (Snake Bay) → Melville Island → Northern Territory → Australia
    Cultural origin
    Milikapiti Community Melville Island
    Date
    circa 1999
    Media category
    .
    Materials used
    wood (ironbark)
    Dimensions
    16.3 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Pedro Wonaeamirri 2002
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    315.2002
    Copyright
    © Pedro Wonaeamirri, courtesy Jilamara Arts. Licensed by Copyright Agency
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    Pedro Wonaeamirri

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    This painting comb is a gift from artist Pedro Wonaeamirri. Pedro opened the Tiwi exhibition 'Pumpuni Jilamara', was a guest lecturer and took part in several children's workshops during NAIDOC Week 2002. He brought the comb from Melville Island specifically for the workshops and decided to gift it to the Art Gallery's collection as a counterpoint to the brushes, ochres and comb collected by Dr Stuart Scougall in the late 1950s.

    In a similar manner to the Scougall gift, Wonaeamirri's object was used in the creation of the set of tutini (grave posts) acquired by the AGNSW in 1999.

    © Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002

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