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Digging stick (Wapitja) 1999

Accession No.
2010.524
Date Created
1999
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
189 x 18cm (diam.)
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
wood
Medium
Wood, bark fibre string, commercial feathers, feathers, synthetic polymer paint
Credit Line
Purchased 2010 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal

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© Terry Dhurritjini Yumbulul/Copyright Agency

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Stories featuring this object

A painting in natural pigments on bark in the style of artists from eastern Arnhem Land
TRANSITIONS

Eastern Arnhem Land

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A detail view of a bright, abstract work.
SEEDS AND SOVEREIGNTY

QAGOMA COLLECTION: ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Anniebell Marrngamarrnga’s Yawkyawk (Female water spirit) pregnant with twins 2007, installed for ‘Transitions’, GOMA, February 2023 / © Anniebell Marrngamarrnga/Copyright Agency / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

‘Transitions’

Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

An installation view of ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’, including works by (l–r) Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle (© Minnie Pwerle) and Evelyn McGreen and (foreground) mats by Judy Baypungala, Bonny Burarngarra, Lorna Jin-Gubarangunyja and Shirley Malgarrich, March 2024 / © The artists/Copyright agency (unless noted) / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

Mar 2024 - Sep 2024

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