Tunga

Jacinta Lorenzo, Tiwi / Australian, 20th century
Tiwi
Melville Island
Tiwi Islands
Northern Territory
Australia

Share

1997

Ochres on bark

Overall: 22 13/16 × 14 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (58 × 38 × 19 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner

2009.92.129

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Framed, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (Certificate of Purchase); sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 1, 2000; given to present collection, 2009.

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