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Munggurrawuy Yunupingu

(Australia circa 1907–12 Apr 1979)

Language group
Gumatj, Arnhem region
Title
Figure of an Ancestral Being of the Yirritja moiety
Other titles:
Figure of an ancestral being, of the Jirritja moiety
Place of origin
North-east Arnhem LandNorthern TerritoryAustralia
Year
circa 1960
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
wood, human hair, parakeet feathers, possum fur, white feathers, colours: red, yellow, white, black on red ground
Dimensions

69.2 h

Credit
Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
Accession number
IA10.1960
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

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

Exhibition history (4)

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.

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

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 May 2009 -.