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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Minj
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Anglimp-South Waghi District
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Jiwaka Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Wahgi people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1963 - Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- 36 lengths of bamboo, plant fibre string, pokerwork design
- Dimensions
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bamboo decoration 75.5 cm length; overall 98.0 cm length; 11.9 cm width
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0 - Whole, 11.9 cm (4 11/16"), widest bamboo slat
0 - Whole, 75.5 cm (29 3/4"), overall length of strung bamboo slats
0 - Whole, 98 cm (38 9/16"), overall length, including plant fibre ties
0 - Whole, 0.5 cm (3/16"), depth, approx.
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 293.1978
- Copyright
- © Wahgi people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
- Artist information
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Wahgi people
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
The 'Moriarty' exhibition, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 01 Nov 1964–31 Dec 1964
Melanesian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Apr 1966–22 May 1966
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014
Melanesian art: redux, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Nov 2018–17 Feb 2019
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 38 (illus.), 54. cat.no. H131
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Tony Tuckson, Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966, 18. cat.no. 250
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 120 (colour illus.), 162. cat.no. 65
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