Summary
This wooden painted sculpture represents an ancestral being.
Physical Description
An anthropomorphic figure set on a circular base and carved from a single piece of hardwood. It is painted with natural pigments with a black coating and a clan design painted onto the torso. The figure has an apron made of feathered vegetable fibre string.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Carving
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Maker
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Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Object Measurements
410 mm (Length), 90 mm (Width), 90 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands