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Riji (pearlshell pendant): Stingray, coconut tail (Butcher Joe) 2006

Artwork Riji (pearlshell pendant): Stingray, coconut tail (Butcher Joe) this artwork made of Pearlshell, hair string with natural pigment, created in 2006-01-01
Accession No.
2006.124
Date Created
2006
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
83cm (long); pendant: 16.7 x 13.1 x 2cm
Media Category
Jewellery
Secondary Media Category
shell
Medium
Pearlshell, hair string with natural pigment
Credit Line
Purchased 2006. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

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A decorated pearlshell pendant on a weaved string loop

LABEL: Aubrey Tigan’s Riji (pearlshell pendants)

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Patrick Tjungurrayi / Pintupi/Kukatja people / Australia c.1940–2017 / Untitled (Ngaru) (detail) 2009 / Purchased 2020. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Estate of Patrick Tjungurrayi/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency

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