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Title

Ku' Ngyongk

2022

Artist

Vernon Marbendinar

Australia

1966 –

Language group: Wik-Mungkan, West Cape region

Alternate image of Ku' Ngyongk by Vernon Marbendinar
Alternate image of Ku' Ngyongk by Vernon Marbendinar
Alternate image of Ku' Ngyongk by Vernon Marbendinar

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Aurukun → Cape York → Queensland → Australia
    Date
    2022
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    natural pigments with binders on milkwood
    Dimensions
    48.5 x 73.0 x 19.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Commissioned with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2021
    Location
    South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries
    Accession number
    240.2022
    Copyright
    © Vernon Marbendinar

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    Art Centre documentation for this work states:
    "Ngyongk (Noingk) is a story place across from the wetland in between Walgnaal and Bull Yard Station. It's forbidden to enter here. This is my grandfather’s home. It is also where my people, the Wik-Me’an people, are from. We are connected to the Wik-Alken families on our grandmother's side. The colours of this Ku' represent the story place called Ngyongk."

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