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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Torres Strait Islands
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Australia
- Dates
- 19th century-early 20th century
collected 1955 - Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, gold-lipped pearlshell (Pinctada maxima)
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 18.0 x 8.5 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1976
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 169.1976
- Artist information
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Unknown
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Torres Strait Islands
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Melanesian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Apr 1966–22 May 1966
Art of Oceania: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 03 Mar 1972–25 Mar 1972
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Ian North (Editor), Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 119
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Tony Tuckson, Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966. cat.no. 202
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