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Figure of an Ancestral Being of the Yirritja moiety

Munggurrawuy Yunupingucirca 1960

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

  • Title: Figure of an Ancestral Being of the Yirritja moiety
  • Creator: Munggurrawuy Yunupingu
  • Date Created: circa 1960
  • Location: Yirrkala/North-east Arnhem Land/Northern Territory/Australia
  • Physical Dimensions: 77.5 h
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
  • External Link: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/IA9.1960
  • Medium: wood, human hair, parakeet feathers, white feathers, bark, red, yellow, white, black on red ground
  • Object Other Titles: Figure of an ancestral being, of the Jirritja moiety
  • Artist Country: Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales

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