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Title

Kutkut/Warrak (ceremonial headdress) work in Makarrata ceremony

circa 1950s

Artist

Unknown

Australia

Alternate image of Kutkut/Warrak (ceremonial headdress) work in Makarrata ceremony by Unknown

  • Details

    Other Title
    Headdress (Worn in Magharada-peacemaking ceremony)
    Place where the work was made
    Milingimbi → Central Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    circa 1950s
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    wood, feathers, wax
    Dimensions
    40.0 x 19.0 x 19.0 cm (irreg.)
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1962
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA121.1962
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Unknown

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Milingimbi

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 2 (colour illus., detail), 125 (colour illus.), 143.

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