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Title

Conamdatta, a North(ern) Queensland Aboriginal man

(1897)

Artist

James S White

Australia

1862 - 1918

An image of Conamdatta, a North(ern) Queensland Aboriginal man by James S White

Details

Other Titles

Bust of a Blackfellow

Aboriginal Boy

(Aboriginal head)

Date

(1897)

Media category

Sculpture

Materials used

plaster

Dimensions

89.5 x 56.0 x 33.0 cm

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Gift of Mr A. Dattilo-Rubbo 1924

Location

Not on display

Accession number

1253

Reproduction requests

Artist information

James S White

Works in the collection

1

Shown in 2 exhibitions

Exhibition history

Referenced in 2 publications

Bibliography

Deborah Edwards, Presence & absence: portrait sculpture in Australia, Canberra, 2003, 32 (colour illus.), 33, 34, 88. cat.no. 92; titled 'Conamdatta, a North(ern) Queensland Aboriginal man'; dated 1897

Deborah Edwards., Australian sculpture 1890-1919, 'Australian sculpture 1890-1919', Sydney, 1987, (illus.). no catalogue numbers, not paginated