Carving, Australia, Southwest (Western Australia)

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Item X 98369 Nurruk | Carving. Perth, Southwest, Western Australia, Australia. pre 1995

Local Name

Nurruk

Physical Description

Oval shaped Emu egg. On one side is carved a standing kangaroo set against a bushland setting. On other side is etched and carved images of boomerangs, shield and spearthrower.

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Object/Medium

Carving
Maker

Roma W. Woods
Locality

Perth, Southwest, Western Australia, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1995
Date Collected

pre 1995
Object Measurements

140 mm (Length), 100 mm (Width), 90 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

1970s
Maker

Roma Woods
Clan/Language Group

Noongar
Place Made

Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Indigenous Region

Southwest, Australia
Keywords

Art
Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 98369 Nurruk | Carving. Perth, Southwest, Western Australia, Australia. pre 1995

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