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Title

Ku' Ponchathan

2022

Artist

Bruce Bell

Australia

1961 –

Language group: Wik-Mungkan, West Cape region

Alternate image of Ku' Ponchathan by Bruce Bell
Alternate image of Ku' Ponchathan by Bruce Bell
Alternate image of Ku' Ponchathan by Bruce Bell
Alternate image of Ku' Ponchathan by Bruce Bell
Alternate image of Ku' Ponchathan by Bruce Bell
Alternate image of Ku' Ponchathan by Bruce Bell

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Aurukun → Cape York → Queensland → Australia
    Date
    2022
    Media categories
    Sculpture , Woodwork
    Materials used
    natural pigments with binders on milkwood
    Dimensions
    53.5 x 60.0 x 21.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Commissioned with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2021
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    244.2022
    Copyright
    © Bruce Bell

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    Bruce Bell

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    Art Centre documentation for this work states:
    "Ku' Ponchathan is named after my totem, the frilled-neck lizard."