Skip to main content

Search by:
Artists Artworks Resources

Advanced search

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

Citations

Copy citation

Re-use metadata

Catalogue data as JSON

Share

Stories featuring this object

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

Coolamons

Read digital story

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

Other works from this Department

Artwork Fish trap this artwork made of Twined pandanus palm leaf (Pandanus spiralis) with natural dyes, created in 2004-01-01

Fish trap 2004
Artwork Rainbow rooster this artwork made of Recycled woollen blankets, natural dye, wool and acrylic yarn, created in 2018-01-01

Rainbow rooster 2018
Artwork whiteWASH this artwork made of Vintage ashtrays on vinyl lettering, created in 2018-01-01

whiteWASH 2018

Reproduction requests

Images of artworks on this website may be used for research, study and other related exceptions as defined by section 40 of the Copyright Act 1968 (as amended) without applying for specific permission. All other uses of the content of this site (where applicable).  Refer these requests to reproductions. For more information, see copyright and reproductions on the QAGOMA website.