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Mpaltjarta (wild orange) (from 'Bush tucker' series) 2009

Artwork Mpaltjarta (wild orange) (from 'Bush tucker' series) this artwork made of Earthenware, hand-built terracotta clay with underglaze colours and applied decoration, created in 2009-01-01
Accession No.
2010.250.017a-b
Date Created
2009
Gallery location
On display in GOMA MFS Cabinet
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
13 x 9cm (approx., complete)
Media Category
Ceramic
Secondary Media Category
earthenware
Medium
Earthenware, hand-built terracotta clay with underglaze colours and applied decoration
Place Created
Hermannsburg, NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2010 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal

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READ: Old way New way — Hermannsburg Pottery
Detail, Mpaltjarta (wild orange) (from 'Bush tucker' series) 2009 RUBUNTJA, Rona
Detail, Mpaltjarta (wild orange) (from 'Bush tucker' series) 2009 RUBUNTJA, Rona

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Stories featuring this object

Three earthenware pots by with eagles and owls painted on them.
THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

QAGOMA COLLECTION: Hermannsburg Potters

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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

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

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

Works from Rona Rubuntja's 'Bush tucker' series 2009 / © Rona Rubuntja/Copyright Agency / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

'Ingkwia Tjaiya, Lyaartinya Tjaiya (Old Way, New Way)'

May 2025 - Nov 2025

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