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Coolamon (attrib. to Central/Western Queensland) c.1880s

Artwork Coolamon (attrib. to Central/Western Queensland) this artwork made of Carved hardwood with natural pigments and synthetic polymer paint, created in 1880-01-01
Accession No.
2012.381
Date Created
c.1880s
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
65 x 21 x 9cm
Media Category
Artefact
Secondary Media Category
personal effect
Medium
Carved hardwood with natural pigments and synthetic polymer paint
Credit Line
Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

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An installation view of two coolamons inside a glass case in a gallery space.
WATER

Coolamons

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Olafur Eliasson’s Riverbed 2014, installed at GOMA for ‘Water’, December 2019 / Purchased 2021. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust / Collection: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Riverbed, Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

‘Water’

Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

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