Frigate Bird

Ken Thaiday Snr, Meriam Mer / Australian, born 1950
Meriam Mer
Torres Strait Islands
Queensland
Australia

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2004

Bead pod shells and twine

Overall: 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (12 × 12 × 12 cm)

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

2016.1.195

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

21st century

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Provenance

Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina; given to present collection, 2016.

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