Carving, Australia, Desert Central

Artist: Katy Malyunka

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Item X 90066 Wadu | Animal figure. Pitjantjatjara. Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1990

Local Name

Wadu

Physical Description

Carved wooden wombat decorated on upper surface with poker-work designs. Designs on back and legs consist of diamond shaped patterns with eyes, nose and mouth outlined. Fine crack along stomach of carving and on one side of face underneath eye.

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Object/Medium

Animal figure
Maker

Katy Malyunka
Cultural Groups

Pitjantjatjara
Locality

Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

c.1990
Collector

Gaye Sculthorpe
Date Collected

/06/1994
Object Measurements

225 mm (Length), 115 mm (Width), 100 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1994
Maker

Katy Malyunka
Clan/Language Group

Pitjantjatjara
Place Made

Uluru, Northern Territory, 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 90066 Wadu | Animal figure. Pitjantjatjara. Uluru [Ayers Rock], Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1990

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