Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Carved figure
- Other titles:
- Male ancester figure surmounted by hornbill and two other birds
- Place of origin
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Maprik District →
East Sepik Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Ambulas (Abelam) people
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, light red, yellow, white and black natural pigments
- Dimensions
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179.0cm height:
0 - Whole; 179cm (70 1/2")
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Accession number
- IA9.1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (3)
-
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966, 14. cat.no. 176; titled 'Figure'
1965 Acquisitions 1965, 1965, 80. cat.no. 145
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973. cat.no. 96
- Exhibition history (4)
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Exhibition of New Guinea native art, The Native Art Gallery, Nov 1965 -.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1965, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Mar 1966–03 Apr 1966.
Melanesian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Apr 1966–22 May 1966.
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1974 -.
