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Varhit 2017

Artwork Varhit this artwork made of Varhit mask and ururaga (aerial): barkcloth with natural pigments, cane, wood, bark twine, feathers, created in 2017-01-01
Accession No.
2018.212a-b
Date Created
2017
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
Mask: 70 x 50 x 50cm; aerial height: 170cm
Media Category
Fibre
Medium
Varhit mask and ururaga (aerial): barkcloth with natural pigments, cane, wood, bark twine, feathers
Place Created
Wunga village, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Credit Line
Gift of the Indigenous Uramat Indentity of Gaulim and Wunga villages through Gideon Kakabin and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2018

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