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Title

Liyagalawumirr dhawundu (pendant)

circa 1950s

Artist

Unknown

Australia

Alternate image of Liyagalawumirr dhawundu (pendant) by Unknown

  • Details

    Other Title
    Pendant
    Place where the work was made
    Central Arnhem Land → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    circa 1950s
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    vegetable fibre, feathers, stripped inner-bark fibre
    Dimensions
    36.0 - 47.0 cm length :

    a - Part a, 36 x 5 x 5 cm

    b - Part b, 40 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm

    c - Part c, 42 x 4 x 4 cm

    d - Part d, 40 x 6 x 6 cm

    e - Part e, 47 x 3 x 3 cm

    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not painted.

    Credit
    Purchased 1962
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    IA130.1962.a-e
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Unknown

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Central Arnhem Land

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 124 (colour illus.), 143.

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