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Title

Ku' Muut

2021

Artist

Vernon Marbendinar

Australia

1966 –

Language group: Wik-Mungkan, West Cape region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Aurukun → Cape York → Queensland → Australia
    Date
    2021
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    natural pigments with binders on milkwood
    Dimensions
    90.0 x 49.0 x 21.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.
    Signed and dated Certificate of authenticity u.l., digital signature "Gabriel Waterman". Dated u.r., printed black ink "21/06/2021"

    Credit
    Commissioned with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2021
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    226.2022
    Copyright
    © Vernon Marbendinar

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  • About

    Art Centre documentation for this work states:
    "Ku’ Muut is the name for the short-tail dingo. It's a big story here on the southern Wik lands. There is a big flat place that looks like a salt plain and that’s where Ku' Muut the short tail story belongs. Before time, those two dingoes travelled passed this Country and left this story. You can still see it today."

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

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