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Title

Male figure

circa 1957

Artist

Portaminni Stephen

Australia

circa 1930 -

Language group

Tiwi, North region

An image of Male figure by Portaminni Stephen

Details

Place where the work was made

Melville Island → Northern Territory → Australia

Date

circa 1957

Media category

Sculpture

Materials used

painted wood

Dimensions

47.5 x 10.5 cm (irreg.)

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1957

Location

Not on display

Accession number

9438

Copyright

© Portaminni Stephen, courtesy of Jilamara Arts and Crafts. Licensed by Copyright Agency

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Artist information

Portaminni Stephen

Works in the collection

11

Place

Where the work was made
Melville Island
Shown in 3 exhibitions

Exhibition history

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Hetti Perkins and Ken Watson, A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999.