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Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) 1998

Artwork Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) this artwork made of Wood, bark fibre string, cotton thread, feathers, natural pigments, created in 1998-01-01
Accession No.
2010.510
Date Created
1998
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
186 x 25cm (diam.)
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
wood
Medium
Wood, bark fibre string, cotton thread, feathers, natural pigments
Credit Line
Purchased 2010 with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal

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©Malu Gurruwiwi/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’

Jun 2013 - Oct 2013

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Artwork Bagu (Firestick figure) this artwork made of Terracotta clay, ochres, string, created in 2009-01-01

Bagu (Firestick figure) 2009
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Sik (Hand-held women's dance instruments) 2011
Artwork Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) this artwork made of Wood, bark fibre string, cotton thread, feathers, natural pigments, synthetic polymer paint

Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) c.1995

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