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Pacific art

The Gallery's collection of contemporary Pacific art is the broadest in Australia. With the establishment of the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) in the early 1990s, the Gallery recognised the importance of actively developing the Pacific collection.

The Pacific collection, with an emphasis on New Zealand, reflects the diversity of the region's contemporary art, as well as innovation in customary practices. Primarily composed of works made after 1970, it includes paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture, photography, installation, textiles, weaving, body adornment, video and film.

Artwork Tamajai Ohu'o Deb'e (Ancestral tattoo design of the necklace with pandanus fibre string) this artwork made of Natural pigments on barkcloth, created in 2014-01-01

Tamajai Ohu'o Deb'e (Ancestral tattoo design of the necklace with pandanus fibre string) 2014
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

(Figure of a man) c.1900-50
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

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Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

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Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Abstract Abstract (from 'Circle Records' catalogue) 1998
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Albert Sam 2021
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Aloe Vera Cruz 2005
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Amami nioge - moköjöbineb’e, mi’ija’ahe, aréro ajivé, ije bi’weje, DubiDubi’e, nenyai, mwe, sabu deje ohu’o nogé (Cloth of the ancestors – with chest feathers of the red parrot, animal bones, daybreak, boys chopping tree branches, leaves of the Dubi’e pl 2012
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Ancestral mask c.1900-50
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Anikoj Loeak 2021
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Aruaai 2011
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Aruaai 2011
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

August (from 'Circle Records' catalogue) 1997
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Aumar (ceremonial pot) 1990
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Axambal c.2000
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

B J Amon 2021
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bandit 2010
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bark carving unknown
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Baron Cokyer (God of Football) (from 'The Sport and Fairplay of Aussie Rules' series) 2008-09
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Basket hook unknown
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Battle of the Noble Savage 1 2007, reprinted 2014
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Be it Lett (from 'Circle Records' catalogue) 2003
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Becoming Sound 2021
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilak boxis (Flying fox) 1977
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilum (abstract design) c.1993
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilum (caterpillar design) 2012
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilum (diamond pattern) c.1978
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilum (geometric design) c.1993
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilum (Salvation Army pattern) c.2012
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Bilum (stripe pattern) c.1990