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(Australia)

Title
The Wild Honey, Koko - Hive of wild honey
Other titles:
Hive of wild honey
Place of origin
MilingimbiCentral Arnhem LandNorthern TerritoryAustralia
Year
1948
Media category
Painting
Materials used
natural pigments on paper
Dimensions

58.1 x 45.7cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the Commonwealth Government 1956
Accession number
9284
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Jonathan Jones (Australia, b.1978) (Author), Mountford Gifts: Works from the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land 1948, Sydney, 2009, 3.

Hetti Perkins (Australia) (Author), Margie West (Australia) (Author), Theresa Willsteed (Editor), One sun one moon: Aboriginal art in Australia, Sydney, 2007, 30 (colour illus.).

Hetti Perkins (Australia) (Author), Ken Watson (Australia) (Author), A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999.

Margo Neale (Australia) (Author), Yiribana: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Sydney, 1994, 26, 27 (colour illus.), 136, 139. plate no. 10

Yiribana 1994, 1994, 4 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (4)

Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997.

A material thing - Objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 31 Aug 1998–09 Feb 1999.

One sun, one moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Jul 2007–02 Dec 2007.

Mountford Gifts: Works from the American Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land 1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Mar 2009–03 Jun 2009.