Collection
Jack Morgan
(Australia early 20th century–Unknown)
- Language group
- Maialli, Arnhem region
- Title
- Spirit with spear, spear thrower and bag
- Other titles:
- Spirit with spear, spear thrower and bag, representing a deceased person's spirit. Formerly used in burial ceremonies
- Place of origin
-
Western Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- circa 1960
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
69.2 x 28.6cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA18.1960
- Location
- Yiribana Gallery
- Bibliography (1)
-
Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art 2004, Sydney, 2004, 40 (colour illus.), 227.
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
