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Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) 2003

Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online
Accession No.
2005.029
Date Created
2003
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
173 x 20cm (diam.)
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
wood
Medium
Wood, feathers, bark fibre string, native beeswax with synthetic polymer paint
Place Created
Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2004

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A detail view of orange, green, black and white feathers that form part of a Morning Star pole design
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Gurruwiwi: Morning Star poles

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A view of Arthur Koo-ekka Pambegan Jr's Flying Fox Story Place 2002–03, installed at the entrance to 'My Country', GOMA, July 2013 / © Estate of the artist / Photograph: M Sherwood, QAGOMA

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