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Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) 2003

Accession No.
2005.033
Date Created
2003
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
174.5 x 13.5cm (diam.)
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
wood
Medium
Wood, feathers, bark fibre string, beeswax with synthetic polymer paint
Place Created
Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2004

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© Henry Gambika Nupurra/Copyright Agency

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Stories featuring this object

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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Exhibitions featuring this object

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

‘My Country’

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