Title
Yɨvɨraata (shield with slit)
mid 20th century
collected 1969
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Marawaka
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Eastern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Baruya people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1969 - Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- wood, white pigment, yellow ochre pigment, remains of bast sling
- Dimensions
- 107.0 x 58.0 x 2.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 257.1978
- Copyright
- © Baruya people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Places
Where the work was made
Marawaka
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 52. cat.no. H96; "Shield, wood, coloured yellow ochre and white on brown background. Kukukuku tribe, Marawaka. Co. 1969 Cat.2110".
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 91 (colour illus.), 161. cat.no. 35
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