attrib. Mathaman Marika
(Australia circa 1915–11 Jan 1970)
- Language group
- Rirratjingu, Arnhem region
- Title
- Figure of Djan'kawu, ancestral being of the Dhuwa moiety
- Other titles:
- Figure of Djan'kawu
Figure of Djanggawul, ancestral being - Place of origin
-
North-east Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- circa 1960
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, human hair, parakeet feathers, white feathers, colours: red, white, black
- Dimensions
-
74.3cm height
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA83.1960
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
Margie West (Australia) (Editor), Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu, Darwin, 2008, 88 (colour illus.).
Hetti Perkins (Australia) (Author), Ken Watson (Australia) (Author), A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999, 6 (colour illus.).
- 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.
Yalangbara, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 May 2006–23 Jul 2006.
