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An image of Yaul mythological figure by Unknown

Unknown

(Papua New Guinea)

Title
Yaul mythological figure
Other titles:
Male figure
Place of origin
Dimiri VillageYuat RiverEast Sepik ProvincePapua New Guinea
Cultural origin
Yaul people
Year
collected 1965
Media categories
Ceramic, Sculpture
Materials used
earthenware, modelled, incised decoration
Dimensions

48.5cm height

Credit
Purchased 1965
Accession number
397.1994
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

'Focus on Oceanic Art: a new display and a conference' by Natalie Wilson, pg. 32-33., Look Oct 2009, Oct 2009, 32 (colour illus.).

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Geoffrey Legge (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Tony Tuckson, Roseville, 2006, 17 (illus.). Photograph showing 1973 Aboriginal and Melanesian art display at the AGNSW, with works collected by Tony Tuckson on his 1965 trip to Papua New Guinea.

Margaret Tuckson (Australia) (Author), Patricia May (Author), The traditional pottery of Papua New Guinea, Kensington, 1982, 246 (illus.). figure no. 9.66

Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973, 44. cat.no. 32

'Some Sepik River art from the collection' by Tony Tuckson, pg. 666-679., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Apr 1972, Apr 1972, 667, 670, 675 (illus.). plate no. 5

Exhibition history (2)

Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1974 -.

Sospen Graun: traditional pottery of Papua New Guinea, Djamu Gallery, 04 Mar 2000–28 Aug 2000.