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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art

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Title

Tunga

circa 1957

Artist

Portaminni Stephen

Australia

circa 1930 -

Language group

Tiwi, North region

Details

Alternative title

Basket

Place where the work was made

Melville Island → Northern Territory → Australia

Date

circa 1957

Media category

Sculpture

Materials used

painted bark

Dimensions

85.0 x 45.0 x 32.5 cm

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1957

Location

Not on display

Accession number

9441

Artist information

Portaminni Stephen

Works in the collection

11

Place

Where the work was made
Melville Island
Shown in 2 exhibitions

Exhibition history

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 6. cat.no. A2