Title
Figure of Djan'kawu, ancestral being of the Dhuwa moiety
circa 1960
Artist
attrib. Mathaman Marika
Australia
circa 1915 – 11 Jan 1970
Language group: Rirratjingu, Arnhem region
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Details
- Other Titles
- Figure of Djan'kawu
Figure of Djanggawul, ancestral being - Place where the work was made
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North-east Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1960
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, human hair, parakeet feathers, white feathers, colours: red, white, black
- Dimensions
- 74.3 cm height
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA83.1960
- Copyright
- © Mathaman Marika, courtesy Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Arts Centre, Yirrkala
- Artist information
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attrib. Mathaman Marika
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
North-east Arnhem Land
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961
A material thing - Objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 31 Aug 1998–09 Feb 1999
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
Yalangbara, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 May 2006–23 Jul 2006
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jun 2016–08 Oct 2017
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Jan 2017–08 Oct 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Hetti Perkins and Ken Watson, A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999, 6 (colour illus.).
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Margie West (Editor), Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu, Darwin, 2008, 88 (colour illus.).
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