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Pot: Eerarnta (Black cockatoo) 2000

Artwork Pot: Eerarnta (Black cockatoo) this artwork made of Earthenware, hand-built terracotta clay with underglaze colours, created in 2000-01-01
Accession No.
2002.127
Date Created
2000
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 2
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
39.3 x 37cm (diam.)
Media Category
Ceramic
Secondary Media Category
earthenware
Medium
Earthenware, hand-built terracotta clay with underglaze colours
Place Created
Hermannsburg, NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant

We can always hear that big mob of eerarnta coming before we see them. Their squawking sound can be heard for miles. They circle around in the sky waiting for the rest of the mob to catch up. We all look up to see if we can catch a glimpse of their red tails as they flash past. We usually see them when they are making their way to their favourite big gum in the Finke River at the entrance to Palm Valley. They like to spend the night in that big, old tree. Sometimes if we're lucky we might find a red feather under that tree.

— Carol Rontji

 

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THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

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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

Irene Mbitjana Entata / Arrernte/Luritja people / Australia NT 1946–2014 / Albert and Rex painting (detail) 2003 / Purchased 2003. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / © Irene Mbitjana Entata

‘Namatjira to Now’

Oct 2008 - Feb 2009

Works by (l–r) Garry Namponan, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Craig Koomeeta and Jack Bell, installed at QAG for 'Great and Small', July 2025 / © The artists / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

'Great and Small'

Jun 2025 - May 2027

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