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Register description: Dance clapper-bamboo, MARAP. Black on yellow gloss acrylic painted geometric design. Signature initial JG. Under handle. L.404mm,W.36mm

Details

  • Title: Dance clapper
  • Creator: Jack Gela
  • Date: Jul-04
  • Location: Rockhampton, Erub (Darnley Islander), Torres Strait community
  • Provenance: Queensland Museum
  • See at Queensland Museum : http://www.awakening.qm.qld.gov.au/
  • Photographer: Wilson, Lindsay M
  • Format / Medium of Object: Island dance is a major form of creative and competitive expression. Dance machines (hand held mechanical moving objects), 'clappers' and headdresses vividly enhance Torres Strait Islander dance performances with colour, movement and sound. They create s

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