Banumbirr/Morning Star Pole

Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Galpu / Australian, born about 1948
Galpu
Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island)
Northeast Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia

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2007

Ochre, feathers, bush string on wood

Overall: 76 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (194 × 20 cm)

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

2016.1.112

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

21st century

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Provenance

Vivien Anderson Gallery, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 18, 2007; given to present collection, 2016.

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