Nicholas
(Australia)
- Title
- Spirit with two spears, spear thrower, axe and bag
- Other titles:
- Spirit, with two spears, spear thrower, axe and bag, representing a deceased person's spirit. Formerly used in burial ceremonies
- Place of origin
-
Beswick Creek →
Western Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- circa 1960
collected 1960 - Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
67.3 x 19.0cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA20.1960
- Copyright
- © Nicholas, Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency
- Location
- Yiribana Gallery
- Bibliography (1)
-
Hetti Perkins (Australia), Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 41 (colour illus.), 229.
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004.
