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Title

Gupapuyngu matjka (body harness)

circa 1950s

Artist

Unknown

Australia

  • Details

    Other Title
    String and feather ornament
    Place where the work was made
    Central Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    circa 1950s
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    natural pigments, vegetable fibre string, down, wax, feathers
    Dimensions
    222.2 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1962
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA135.1962
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Unknown

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Central Arnhem Land

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 130 (colour illus.), 143.

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