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Sinsu 2017

Accession No.
2018.281
Date Created
2017
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
92 x 40 x 1.2cm
Media Category
Fibre
Medium
Pandanus, natural dyes (noni root) and wild banana leaf
Credit Line
Purchased 2018. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

The patterns used to decorate these Tuhu capes — or Sinsu — worn by clan chiefs differ according to which of the four Buka and North Bougainville clans the female chief or Queen belongs: Nakaripa, Naboin, Nakas or Natasi.

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© Elizabeth Watsi Saman

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EXPANDED LABEL: SINSU NAKAS CLAN

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Women's Wealth: Tuhu (capes)

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Zico Albaiquni / Indonesia b.1987 / When it shook, the earth stood still (After Pirous) (detail) 2018 / Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / Purchased 2018 with funds from Konfir Kabo through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Zico Albaiquini

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