Title
Kune kanda pine (under-arm shield)
mid 20th century
collected 1963
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Tambul
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Tambul-Nebilyer District
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Western Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Kakoli people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1963 - Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- wood, incised and pecked designs, white and red pigments, machine-wove cotton sling
- Dimensions
- 63.5 x 27.0 x 2.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 304.1978
- Copyright
- © Kakoli people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
- Artist information
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Kakoli 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, 40 (illus.), 54. cat.no. H143
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Tony Tuckson, Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966, 18. cat.no. 249
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 94 (colour illus.), 161. cat.no. 38
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