Gumatj Chest Design (Wild Honey Ancestor)

Peter Datjin Burarrwanga, Gumatj / Australian, born 1963
Gumatj
Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island)
Northeast Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia

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2005

Natural ochres on canvas

Overall: 24 × 18 1/8 in. (61 × 46 cm)

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

2009.92.264

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

21st century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Provenance

Bandigan Art, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia (Certificate of Authenticity); sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, date unknown; given to present collection, 2009.

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