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Details
- Other Title
- Male ancester figure surmounted by hornbill and two other birds
- Place where the work was made
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Maprik District
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East Sepik Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Abelam people
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, light red, yellow, white and black natural pigments
- Dimensions
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179.0 cm height
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0 - Whole, 179 cm (70 1/2")
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA9.1965
- Copyright
- © Abelam people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
- Artist information
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Abelam people
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition of New Guinea native art, The Native Art Gallery, Potts Point, Nov 1965 -
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1965, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Mar 1966–03 Apr 1966
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 -
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Daniel Thomas AM (Editor), 1965 Acquisitions, Sydney, 1965, 80. cat.no. 145
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Tony Tuckson, Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966, 14. cat.no. 176; titled 'Figure'
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973. cat.no. 96
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