Title
Spirit with spear, spear thrower and bag
circa 1960
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Spirit with spear, spear thrower and bag, representing a deceased person's spirit. Formerly used in burial ceremonies
- Place where the work was made
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Western Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1960
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 69.2 x 28.6 cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA18.1960
- Artist information
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Jack Morgan
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Western Arnhem Land
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 40 (colour illus.), 227.
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