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Item X 86770 Liru | Animal figure. Pitjantjatjara. Wingellina, Desert Central, Western Australia, Australia. c.1985

Local Name

Liru

Physical Description

Carved wood snake (liru). Decorated with poker-work. Design on upper surface consists of five longitudinal lines running length of body with short lines intersecting these horizontally. Large pokerwork eyes marked with two short lines for nose. Mouth marked with pokerwork underneath.

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Object/Medium

Animal figure
Maker

Polly Dawson
Cultural Groups

Pitjantjatjara
Locality

Wingellina, Desert Central, Western Australia, Australia
Date Produced

c.1985
Date Collected

1985
Object Measurements

515 mm (Length), 60 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1985
Maker

Polly Dawson
Clan/Language Group

Pitjantjatjara
Place Made

Irrunytju (Wingellina), Western Australia, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Keywords

Carving
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 86770 Liru | Animal figure. Pitjantjatjara. Wingellina, Desert Central, Western Australia, Australia. c.1985

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Locality

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Object Measurements

Classification

Date Made

Maker

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Place Made

Indigenous Region

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Type of item

Discipline

Category

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