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Details
- Other Title
- Carved figure
- Place where the work was made
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Middle Sepik River
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East Sepik Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Sepik people
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved wood, partly painted, carbon black
- Dimensions
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34.3 cm height; 222.2 cm length
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0 - Whole, 34.3 cm (13 1/2")
0 - Whole, 222.2 cm (87 1/2")
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA7.1965
- Copyright
- © Sepik people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
- Artist information
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Sepik people
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Art of the Pacific, Gallery Stephen Kellner, Australia, 19 Nov 1965–29 Nov 1965
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1965, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Mar 1966–03 Apr 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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Gallery Stephen Kellner, Art of the Pacific, Sydney, 1965. cat.no. 38; titled 'Carved crocodile'; price: 65 Gns.
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Daniel Thomas AM (Editor), 1965 Acquisitions, Sydney, 1965, 79. cat.no. 151; titled 'Carved figure'
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 46. cat.no. 89; titled 'Crocodile'
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