Title
Ku’ Warpung
2021
Artist
Leigh Namponan
Australia
1965 –
Language groups: Wik-Mungkan, West Cape region, Wik-Alken, West Cape region, Wik-Ngathan, West Cape region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Aurukun
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Cape York
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Queensland
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Australia
- Date
- 2021
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- natural pigments with binders on milkwood
- Dimensions
- 110.0 x 23.0 x 20.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Commissioned with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2021
- Location
- South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries
- Accession number
- 233.2022
- Copyright
- © Leigh Namponan
- Artist information
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Leigh Namponan
Works in the collection
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About
Art Centre documentation for this work states:
"Warpung is part of our Country near the Kirk River. We named this camp dog after our Country to keep our language strong. This is a Wik-Alken place name, the language of my people." -
Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023