Shooting Star Dance machine
J. Pearson01 Jan 1973-01 Dec 1973
Queensland Museum Network
Brisbane, Australia
Dance machine-shooting star TITUI POYNTI. Sawn timber, plywood, bamboo, sheet steel (flour tin). Reef heron (Egretta Sacra) feathers, polyester string. Painted red, white and blue (Central Island colours. L.1040mm
Timber, plywood, bamboo, sheet steel (flour tin), Reef Heron (Egretta sacra) feathers
Made by J. Pearson in 1973
Collected by Lindsay Wilson, from Poruma, in 1990.
Queensland Museum, QE11483
Dance machine-shooting star TITUI POYNTI. Sawn timber, plywood, bamboo, sheet steel (flour tin). Reef heron (Egretta Sacra) feathers, polyester string. Painted red, white and blue (Central Island colours. L.1040mm
- Title: Shooting Star Dance machine
- Creator: J. Pearson
- Date: 01 Jan 1973-01 Dec 1973
- Date Created: 1973
- Location: Poruma (Coconut Island), Torres Strait
- Provenance: Queensland Museum
- See at Queensland Museum : http://www.awakening.qm.qld.gov.au/, http://www.awakening.qm.qld.gov.au/
- Photographer: Wilson, Lindsay M, 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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